Ealing Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has undertaken a review of its community eye care services and evidence of recent developments in best practice.

The CCG has now decided on a preferred model and wishes to invite potentially interested providers of eye services to discuss the model and options for service delivery.

This Market Engagement Event on will take place on 1st March 2017, 1030 to 1230 hours, Ealing Town Hall, Uxbridge Road, Ealing, W5 2BY The aim of the event will be to: - Test the preferred clinical model and whether there is interest in delivering it; - Determine whether the model is clinically and operationally feasible; - Discuss the scale and scope of the preferred clinical model and the potential size and length of the contract; - Collate considerations from providers' point of view on market development, risk, skills and capacity, etc.

Understand the necessary governance arrangements. - Get feedback on options for delivery and payment mechanisms that the CCG is considering; - Assess the types of collaboration that might be possible between providers to deliver this service Please note - Ealing CCG is issuing this notice as a request for information only.

This notice does not represent an invitation to tender, nor is it a request for formal expressions of interest.

The Market Engagement Event, to be held on the 1st March 2017, does not form any part of an invitation to tender.

Any organisation or individual attending the Engagement Event is doing so to support market research only and to help make any potential commissioning process more focused and efficient.

No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied.

Potential responders will not be prejudiced in any future procurement processes by either responding or not responding to this soft market engagement exercise.

If you wish to participate, please contact Kemi Eniade at kemi.eniade@nhs.net and return the attached questionnaire by 1800hrs Monday 27th Feb 2017