Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Nethermayne, Basildon
Essex
SS16 5NL
UK
Contact person: Garry Mitchell
E-mail: commercial.procurementhub@nhs.net
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.mse.nhs.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Electronic Eyecare Referral System to Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Reference number: NHSX/DPS/EeRS/00008
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHSX have created a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to enable the rapid transformation of new referral management pathways for ophthalmology patients.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust have awarded a contract for an Electronic Eyecare Referral System (EeRS). The EeRS will be available to all primary care optometrists and optical practices, eye hospitals, trusts with eye departments and community eye services across Mid and South Essex Health and Wellbeing Partnership.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
190 800.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72200000
72210000
72212000
72260000
48510000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHSX have created a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to enable the rapid transformation of new referral management pathways for ophthalmology patients. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust have awarded a contract for an Electronic Eyecare Referral System.
This procurement process is looking to address and improve the connectivity that links primary care optometry and the hospital eye service which is seen as key to improving eye care services in England.
The ambition is to have numerous trained and well-equipped primary care optometrists with the ability to make clinical decisions based on quantitative and imaging clinical data. This will provide significant opportunities to use digital connectivity to improve eye care.
NHSX considers digital solutions that increase connectivity between different providers of eye care horizontally and vertically, and across primary and secondary care, to be a key enabler for the national outpatient transformation programme. This will rapidly restore and ensure continuation of eye care services during Covid-19 and transform how services are delivered in the future.
The Electronic Eyecare Referral System (EeRS) will be available to all Primary Care optometrists and optical practices, eye hospitals, trusts with eye departments and community eye services across Mid & South Essex Health and Wellbeing Partnership.
This procurement process was facilitated by the NHS England National and Commercial Procurement Hub (commissioned from the SCW CSU) on behalf of the Commissioners.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Functional requirements
/ Weighting: 25
Quality criterion: Ongoing support and product development
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Technical requirements
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Implementation and mobilisation
/ Weighting: 25
Price
/ Weighting:
20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option to extend for up to 1 year.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
A dynamic purchasing system was set up
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 230-568420
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Provision of Electronic Eyecare Referral System to Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/05/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 7
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Primary Eyecare Services
Waulk Mill [2.3], 51 Bengal Street
Manchester
M4 6LN
UK
NUTS: UKD33
Internet address(es)
URL: https://primaryeyecare.co.uk/
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 190 800.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 80 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
IT Partner in provision of Opera - Provision of technical aspects to PES.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Nethermayne, Basildon
Essex
SS16 5NL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.mse.nhs.uk/
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Nethermayne, Basildon
Essex
SS16 5NL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.mse.nhs.uk/
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
As described in VI.3), deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the 2015 Regulations.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Nethermayne, Basildon
Essex
SS16 5NL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.mse.nhs.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/06/2021