Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for Children and Young People

What this is

NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board intends to award an Integrator contract to deliver a Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for children and young people, coordinating local accredited optometry practices across Essex. The award follows the Most Suitable Provider process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The service covers an estimated 4,400 pupils in special education schools with an assumed 80% uptake (approximately 3,520 sight tests per year). Estimated value is GBP 570,000.

Key points

• PSR Most Suitable Provider process for an integrator-model SES sight test service
• Lead organisation coordinates local accredited optometrists across Essex
• Estimated value GBP 570,000

Who can bid

The Authority intends to appoint a lead integrator organisation able to coordinate and performance-manage local accredited optometry practices across Essex. Award follows the Most Suitable Provider process under the PSR Regulations 2023, with the Authority believing it can identify the MSP without a competitive process.

How it is scored

The Authority assessed the five PSR Key Criteria and reviewed NHSE pre-market engagement data to confirm provider capability and local connections; no quality/price weighting stated.

Money

Estimated contract value GBP 570,000; service based on approximately 3,520 sight tests per year (80% assumed uptake of an estimated 4,400 pupils).

Classification

CPV 85000000 — Health and social work services East of EnglandEssex