NHS England South East - Market Engagement #2 - Diabetic Eye Screening Programmes across the South East

This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to facilitate engagement with potential providers and relates only to pre-procurement market engagement.

NHS England South East (the Commissioner) seeks to determine the level of interest in delivering Diabetic Eye Screening Programmes (DESP) to eligible populations within the below geographies.

The following geographies are likely to be in scope; however, the lotting is still to be determined.

• Hampshire and Isle of Wight (inc. Southampton and Portsmouth)

• Kent and Medway

• Berkshire (inc. West Berkshire, Reading, Wokingham, Bracknell, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough)

• Buckinghamshire

• Oxfordshire

• Surrey

The Commissioner is currently giving consideration to existing contracting arrangements, as well as current Integrated Care System (ICS) boundaries. This, along with market feedback, will help to inform the lotting structure and future contracting arrangements.

The Commissioner seeks responses to a market engagement questionnaire, the aim of which is to determine the level of provider interest in delivering diabetic eye screening programme(s) within the South East, and obtain feedback from the market to help inform the re-commissioning process.

The contracts are due to commence on 1st April 2025.

The contract values have yet to be finalised. However, the current estimated annual contract values based on 2023/2024 prices and respective estimated eligible population figures, are provided below for indicative purposes:

• Hampshire and Isle of Wight £2,280,709; population 85,575

• Portsmouth and South East Hampshire £1,169,887; population 42,853

• Kent and Medway £3,410,755; population 124,123

• Berkshire £1,851,417; population 59,505

• Buckinghamshire £844,742; population 32,978

• Oxfordshire £959,232; population 36,276

• Surrey £1,624,630; population 52,566

If you are interested in these services, please register on the e-procurement system, Atamis (details at the end of this notice), and submit a completed provider market engagement questionnaire by 12 noon on Tuesday 27th February 2024.

This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.