II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
Main site or place of performance:
London.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Community Ophthalmology service will be provided under the ‘Any Qualified Provider’ model. All providers will be required to provide the core adult service and providers may also choose to offer additional optional services. The service will treat patients suffering from a range of minor routine eye conditions. Specific conditions to be assessed and/or treated are Glaucoma, Cataracts and age related Macular Degeneration.
Core Adult Service
Adult: with the ability to direct list for surgery. New and follow up appointments will be delivered at the community tariff. The service will provide community-based, outpatient services for adults aged 18 years and over with non-urgent ophthalmic conditions.
Additional Optional Services
1. Paediatrics aged 17 and under with the ability to direct list for surgery (if required). All new and follow up appointments will be delivered at the community tariff.
and/or
2. Treatment for Macular Degeneration with the use of Avastin for Wet AMD
Direct Listing
Providers must be able to offer secondary care direct listing following a review in the Community clinic. The Provider will not charge another outpatient appointment prior to Surgery. Post-operative review for routine procedures, where clinically appropriate will be seen at the community tariff in providers community or hospital location.
Choice
Patients will be allowed to choose any of the community providers. Providers not offering an additional service will not be offered as choice to patients who require that service.
Consultant Led
The service will be consultant led and will include an onsite consultant ophthalmologist providing overarching clinical leadership and clinical governance oversight. Effective clinical leadership and clinical governance arrangements are integral to the service model and the Provider will ensure that services are delivered by sufficiently skilled staff.
Locations of Service Delivery
The Provider will provide the service from at least one community location within Enfield. Providers can use their acute site as an additional community base (regardless of location). This may be within or outside the Enfield Boundary. However, it must be accessible to Enfield patients. The community location may operate from a range of facilities (e.g. GP practices, Health Centres or high street Optometrists).The locations/premises for service delivery will be finalised based on the proposals of the preferred bidder and will be listed in the final contract.
Patient Satisfaction
Patient satisfaction surveys will also be undertaken on a monthly basis initially as the service expands, then three monthly thereafter, with key outcomes being fed back to Commissioners. The patient survey will include the Friends and Family test. The patient survey must be specific to the Enfield Community Service.
Reporting Requirements
Providers delivering the service will be measured against Quality Requirements, Contract KPIs, information data and provide regular dashboard reporting to commissioners. This is to maintain good patient experiences, patient safety and positive clinical outcomes.
AQP Tariff Arrangements
As the service is being commissioned under AQP arrangements, payment will be made at a local tariff for consultant-led care; there is no guarantee of income.
All new and follow up appointments for both core and additional services are to be delivered in the community at the community tariff.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
780 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/04/2017
End:
31/03/2022
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The minimum term of this contract is 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years, after which, in accordance with the AQP model, the contract will be extended/renewed for as long as the commissioner is satisfied that the provider(s) continues to meet the quality standards at the relevant tariff, and ensures that the market is intermittently opened for new providers for new entrants who wish to become an accredited provider for the AQP contract.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues
Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No