All Wales Ophthalmology Consumables Framework Agreement

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership – Procurement Services (NWSSP-ProcS), hosted by Velindre NHS Trust, are seeking to go out to tender for the renewal of its All Wales Framework for the Supply of Ophthalmology Consumables CLI-OJEU-39132. In addition to the current category areas covered by this Framework Agreement, the renewal may include certain hand held/non-surgical devices used within Ophthalmology. The Framework Agreement is and will continue to be utilised by NHS Wales Bodies as defined in the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006. The current Framework Agreement is broken down into Lots detailed within Section II.2 Description of this notice. NWSSP-ProcS are looking to enter into pre-tender engagement with interested suppliers to explore all options, including amending/addition of Lots, Value-Based/Outcome-Based solutions, Social Value including Welsh Foundational Economy and Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, prior to commencing the tender process. This will assist in determining the procurement route to be undertaken and inform the Lot Structure. It will also afford interested suppliers the opportunity to ask questions in an open and transparent manner. All interested parties will be invited to an open pre-tender engagement presentation/Q&A session on Monday 17th October 2022, 10:00am-12:00noon via MS Teams. The maximum number of attendees is 40. All interested parties are requested to express their interest in writing by email with the Subject to read “Expression of Interest” to Sheree.evans2@wales.nhs.uk. Please include your company name, a brief overview of your Organisations activity in relation to this Tender opportunity, your contact details including your contact name, position, telephone number and contact email addresses by no later than Noon on Friday 7th October 2022.