Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP) across NHS England - East of England.

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of NHS England - East of England (the Commissioner) would like to notify the market of an opportunity to provide a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP) across NHS England - East of England.

The aim of the Diabetic Eye Screening programme is to reduce the risk of sight loss amongst people with diabetes by the prompt identification and effective treatment, if necessary, of sight threatening diabetic retinopathy, at the appropriate stage during the disease process

The commissioners have structured the following lot approach

Lot 1 :Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes*

Lot 2: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Lot 3: Hertfordshire and West Essex

Lot 4: Mid and South Essex

Lot 5: Norfolk & Waveney

Lot 6: Suffolk & North East Essex

*Please note Milton Keyes falls under the delegated authority of NHS England - East of England.

The contract will be for a duration of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years.

Please note the deadline for ITT submissions is 12:00PM on 20th June 2023

This Procurement has been advertised in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015(as amended) (the "Regulations") to the extent that the Regulations relate to services within the scope of Schedule 3 thereto (Social and Other Specific Services). The Commissioner and AGCSU are, therefore, bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services. The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system for this procurement exercise. Further information and the ITT documentation can be found via the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-procurement system at the following link:

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

You can also register your interest via this page. You can search for the opportunity by entering the following contract reference: C152820(Provision of Diabetic Eye Screening across NHS England -East of England) Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations. Please see published procurement documentation for further details.

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