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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

DVLA

Provision of Testing Services Contract

HealthcareCPV 85000000 85100000
Value£9.7m
Awarded30 Oct 2019
Published8 Nov 2019
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£9.7mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Text to be corrected in the original notice: Instead of: Price Read: Criterion: Quality Weighting: 65% Price Weighting: 35% Short description: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) requires a contract which will deliver visual field and visual acuity testing service by qualified and trained opticians to assist DVLA in determining a drivers medical fitness to hold a driving licence.

The successful supplier must be capable of carrying out both Group 1 (Car & Motorcycle) and Group 2 (Lorry/Bus) Visual Field Standard Tests and be able to provide national coverage throughout Great Britain.

Suppliers may consider the creation of consortiums and sub-contracting with Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to ensure delivery.

Suppliers should indicate if they fall within a small (less than 50 employees) or medium (50 to 249 employees) enterprise category.

DVLA encourages open, fair and transparent procurement and omission from any part of the Department's market engagement exercise shall not be taken into account in any subsequent procurement.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Short description: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing

Short description: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) requires a contract which will deliver visual field and visual acuity testing service by qualified and trained opticians to assist DVLA in determining a drivers medical fitness to hold a driving licence.

02

The successful supplier must be capable

The successful supplier must be capable of carrying out both Group 1 (Car & Motorcycle) and Group 2 (Lorry/Bus) Visual Field Standard Tests and be able to provide national coverage throughout Great Britain.

03

Suppliers may consider the creation of consortiums

Suppliers may consider the creation of consortiums and sub-contracting with Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to ensure delivery.

04

Suppliers should indicate if they fall within

Suppliers should indicate if they fall within a small (less than 50 employees) or medium (50 to 249 employees) enterprise category.

05

DVLA encourages open, fair and transparent procurement

DVLA encourages open, fair and transparent procurement and omission from any part of the Department's market engagement exercise shall not be taken into account in any subsequent procurement.

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Source
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