Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Retinopathy Monitoring Service for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB are seeking tenders for the provision of a Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Retinopathy Monitoring Service.

The service shall offer imaging and imaging analysis review and reporting by a suitably trained professional such as optometrist, doctor or technician. Leadership of the service shall be undertaken by a consultant Ophthalmologist with governance, review and audit processes in place. This shall be undertaken in accordance with imaging requirements and specifications set out by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists 2020 or subsequent iterations including further changes in recommendations during the period of the contract.

The locally defined outcomes are to:

• Increase the awareness of patients and professionals of the side effects of using the drug.
• Reduce the risk of the progression of visual loss.
• Establish collaborative links with secondary care ophthalmology services in support of interdependent care for patients.
• Reduce the length of time people are on HCQ/CQ.

The ICB are looking to appoint a Service Provider or Consortium to deliver this Service for a period of 3 Years. The Contract will commence on the 01/10/2023. The estimated total Contract value is £175,680.00, tender submissions exceeding this value shall not be considered further within the tender process. NHS Standard Terms and Conditions shall apply.

Additional information: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU are conducting this procurement exercise on behalf of another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into a contract with for the supply of the services.

The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process.

To express interest and participate in this tender, please register and apply via the Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Should tenderers have any queries or experience any problems accessing/using the portal, they should contact the helpdesk at phone 0800 9956035, email support-helath@atamis.co.uk

Light Touch Regime' services: This procurement is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime Services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the regulations ('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.

As the ICB is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.