Official UK procurement notice
Lothian Health Board - Contact Lens Optometry Partnership
Authority: NHS Lothian (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Contact Lens Optometry Partnership (CLOP) is funded by NHS Lothian’s Hospital Eye Service (HES) and provides a community based specialist contact lens service to patients with a range of medical conditions, predominantly keratoconus but also including aphakia and a number of other less common conditions including anisometropia, erosion, high RX, diplopia, glare, graft and other irregularities.
CPV: Ophthalmologist services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 4 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,200,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders to provide last 3 financial years turnover figures
Minimum: Insurance - min GBP 10m Public Liability: Employer's (Compulsory) Liability as per statutory levels required
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Lothian Health Board - Contact Lens Optometry Partnership” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Aug 2022, 13:49 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Aug 2022, 13:49 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Sept 2022 – …
- Authority reference
LOTL230-22- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-022440- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035bcaFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 22110. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Lothian Health Board is committed to maximising Community Benefits from its procurement activities in order to build economic, social or environmental conditions into the delivery of contracts. Bidders should detail any social, economic and environmental benefits associated with contract performance during the contract term. In the context of the value and type of services requested, bidders may wish to consider how they could incorporate – - Work experience - The use of Supported Businesses to provide materials for the project - The use of the Third Sector/Voluntary Sector, Social Enterprises and/or small/medium enterprises If there will be no Community Benefits, bidders should state this in their submission. Community Benefits will not be scored but they may be incorporated into the contract and would be enforceable as part of the contract. (SC Ref:702596)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 15 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 15 Sept 2022, 12:30 BST
Timeline
15 Aug 2022 → 15 Sept 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published15 Aug 2022, 13:49 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown15 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened15 Sept 2022, 12:30 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria