Expression of Interest from Independent Service Providers for appointment to a multi-vendor framework agreement panel for the Provision of Contingency Hospital Based Ophthalmic Surgery

National Cancer Screening Service

The National Screening Service (NSS) part of the HSE is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from suitably qualified independent service providers for the provision of contingency hospital based ophthalmic surgery โ€˜the Service' in support of Diabetic RetinaScreen - The National Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme โ€˜the Programme'.
This will be a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon provided service requirement.
The contingency services under this multi vendor framework agreement are sought under two lots.
Lot 1: Expressions of Interest (EOI) from independent service providers for the provision of hospital based contingency ophthalmic surgery in support of Diabetic RetinaScreen - The National Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme
Lot 2: Expressions of Interest (EOI) from suitably qualified groups/consortiums capable of sourcing and providing additional surgical capacity within hospital settings i.e. Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeons and support staff to work in established hospital settings within ROI.
Note: Registration with the Medical Council of Ireland in the Specialist Division of Ophthalmic Surgery will be a mandatory required.
The HSE/NSS does not guarantee that any minimum level of service will be procured as a result of this process. Furthermore Diabetic RetinaScreen is a demand led service and cannot provide a guarantee in terms of Diabetic Retinopathy Programme Referrals.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-06-20. The procurement was published on 2014-05-15.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-05-15 Contract notice
Contract notice (2014-05-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Surgical hospital services
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Surgical hospital services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Regional or local authority
Awarding authority name: National Cancer Screening Service
Postal address: King's Inns House, 200 Parnell Street
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: mark.phillips@cancerscreening.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18659373 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-05-15 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2014-06-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2014-05-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 096-167992
OJ-S issue: 96
Additional information
Note: IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates will be determined by the contracting authority. Dates used in this notice for any participate in stage 2 of this process should be used as a guide. See EOI attached.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Frequency of contracts to be awarded: To be determined by contracting authority
Short description:
The National Screening Service (NSS) part of the HSE is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from suitably qualified independent service providers for the provision of contingency hospital based ophthalmic surgery โ€˜the Service' in support of Diabetic RetinaScreen - The National Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme โ€˜the Programme'.
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This will be a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon provided service requirement.
The contingency services under this multi vendor framework agreement are sought under two lots.
Lot 1: Expressions of Interest (EOI) from independent service providers for the provision of hospital based contingency ophthalmic surgery in support of Diabetic RetinaScreen - The National Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme
Lot 2: Expressions of Interest (EOI) from suitably qualified groups/consortiums capable of sourcing and providing additional surgical capacity within hospital settings i.e. Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeons and support staff to work in established hospital settings within ROI.
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Note: Registration with the Medical Council of Ireland in the Specialist Division of Ophthalmic Surgery will be a mandatory required.
The HSE/NSS does not guarantee that any minimum level of service will be procured as a result of this process. Furthermore Diabetic RetinaScreen is a demand led service and cannot provide a guarantee in terms of Diabetic Retinopathy Programme Referrals.
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Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Provision of hospital based contingency ophthalmic surgery
Short description: As outlined in the EOI.
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Provision of additional surgical capacity within hospital settings
Short description: As outlined in EOI.
Reference number: NSS ref 14/3 - RFT ref 84115

Procedure
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 5
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Objective criteria for selection: To be determined by process.

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Mark Phillips

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: NSS ref 14/3 - RFT ref 84115

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The Four Courts
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2014/S 096-167992 (2014-05-15)