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STAFFORDSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT

NHS Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Services

HealthcareCPV 85160000
Value£1.5m
Deadline13 Oct 2021
Published10 Jun 2022
RegionNorth West
Timeline
Published 10 Jun 2022ClosedCloses 13 Oct 2021
Contract value in context
£1.5mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

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The brief

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is supporting NHS Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG who are the Contracting Authority for this opportunity.

The CCGs are also working in partnership with NHS West Lancashire CCG and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Contracting Authority wishes to award a contract for an Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Service for patients in the CCG area.

The Authority is awarding a contract to a Prime Contractor who will manage a range of Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Services.

The services are designed to provide safe, integrated, and sustainable system-wide clinical care pathways to support COVID-19 recovery and restoration and the prevention of avoidable visual impairment.

The Contracting Authority wishes to award a 3-year contract with the option to extend for a further 1 x 1-year period.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is supporting NHS Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG who are the Contracting Authority for this opportunity.

02

The services are designed to provide safe

The services are designed to provide safe, integrated, and sustainable system-wide clinical care pathways to support COVID-19 recovery and restoration and the prevention of avoidable visual impairment.

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contract · Contract
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