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# Child Vision Screening  Soft Market Testing Exercise

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/child-vision-screening-soft-market-testing-exercise-ocds-h6vhtk-03ed81). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council: "Child Vision Screening  Soft Market Testing Exercise". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/dudley-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000027)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Optician services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG36
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03ed81`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/child-vision-screening-soft-market-testing-exercise-ocds-h6vhtk-03ed81#tl-md)

## Description
Introduction: This questionnaire is part of a soft market testing exercise to inform future commissioning arrangements and procurement of the Vision Screening Service for School Children Aged 4-5 Years Old within the Dudley borough. The purpose of this soft market testing exercise is to establish the extent of the demand in the market for the delivery of Vision Screening Service for School Children Aged 4-5 Years Old, to support development and refinement of the service specification as well as associated terms and conditions of the contract. We are seeking written responses to the questions set out in the questionnaire below. Whilst there is no obligation to answer all questions and all answers are for information purposes only, we would encourage your cooperation to respond to as many of the questions as possible.The deadline for the submission of your completed questionnaires is Friday 11th August 2023

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** Following the receipt of completed questionnaires, the Council may seek to follow up and to invite you to participate in virtual discussion.The service:The service to be commissioned is vision screening in 4–5-year-old children to detect reduced or a...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022897-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-07T10:39:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T00:39:48.829Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03ed81