# Further competition under DPS for The Provision of the Minor Eye Conditions Service

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Countess Of Chester Hospital
- Contract winner: PRIMARY EYECARE SERVICES LIMITED
- Award value: £230,000
- Tender value: £120,000
- Award date: 22 November 2019
- Published: 29 April 2020
- Contract start: 1 April 2020
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 974389b6-954a-4cdd-961f-9d2866b54d68-356421
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-583e073a-eb6d-4984-8c80-a6902298fcda

## Description

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are tendering for the Provision of the Minor Eye Conditions Service on behalf of the West Cheshire CCG The purpose of establishing a Minor Eye Conditions' \(MEC\) Service is to allow the assessment and management of recent onset minor eye conditions within the primary care setting\. Our aim is to provide high-quality eye care to patients, with quick access to advice and treatment from suitably qualified clinicians in a safe, convenient and appropriate environment\. Management of the patient will be maintained, where possible, within this new primary care service in order to reduce the demand for urgent hospital appointments, releasing capacity for eye conditions requiring a full ophthalmology hospital service\. This is a further competition under the DPS Framework for The Provision of Off-site Surgical and Medical Capacity Solutions - DPS01/OSMCS/18/IB\. PLEASE NOTE THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ONLY OPEN TO SUPPLIERS WHO ARE LISTED ON THE ABOVE FRAMEWORK Additional information: The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are tendering for the Provision of the Minor Eye Conditions Service on behalf of the West Cheshire CCG The purpose of establishing a Minor Eye Conditions' \(MEC\) Service is to allow the assessment and management of recent onset minor eye conditions within the primary care setting\. Our aim is to provide high-quality eye care to patients, with quick access to advice and treatment from suitably qualified clinicians in a safe, convenient and appropriate environment\. Management of the patient will be maintained, where possible, within this new primary care service in order to reduce the demand for urgent hospital appointments, releasing capacity for eye conditions requiring a full ophthalmology hospital service Contract Duration: Two \(2\) years with the option to extend for further 12 \+ 12 months\. This is a further competition under the DPS Framework for The Provision of Off-site Surgical and Medical Capacity Solutions - DPS01/OSMCS/18/IB\. PLEASE NOTE THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ONLY OPEN TO SUPPLIERS WHO ARE LISTED ON THE ABOVE FRAMEWORK

## Related contract awards

- [National Framework Agreement for All Age Continuing Care Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ec9a1840-ac02-4fb8-835c-2b216965c6a5): Countess Of Chester Hospital
- [Healthcare Output and Content Management System National Framework Agreement](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b3c7e320-d727-4028-9570-5a451784ab80): Countess Of Chester Hospital
- [National Framework Agreement for Radiology Capacity Management Solutions](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e0eb3375-9a0e-4ff6-a764-e728be281d17): Countess Of Chester Hospital
- [Community Health Eye Care FUP](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ce22e559-0129-40f9-97e9-3e18f820dd2e): Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- [Tier 1 Ophthalmology Services for the Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2c976f75-2c1c-4c69-8eb7-84b5f2266c9a): STAFFORDSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
- [NECS442\(a\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-554ecbd2-50a7-433f-9b6a-e1f4a2814dd4): NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/974389b6-954a-4cdd-961f-9d2866b54d68-356421)