Tender: Sight Testing and Dispensing of Spectacles for Children and Young People with SEND in West Midlands Special Educational Settings (6 Lots)

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NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) is seeking suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver sight testing and dispensing of spectacles to children and young people (CYP) with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) within Special Educational Settings (SES) across the West Midlands on behalf of six Integrated Care Boards: Lot 1 – Birmingham and Solihull ICB; Lot 2 – Black Country ICB; Lot 3 – Coventry and Warwickshire ICB; Lot 4 – Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB; Lot 5 – Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB; Lot 6 – Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB. The service implements commitments from the NHS Long Term Plan (2019) and the 19 June 2023 extension to day schools, supports statutory duties under the Children and Families Act 2014 and the SEND Code of Practice by identifying visual needs contributing to Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), and must be delivered on SES premises by clinical and non-clinical staff trained to work with this cohort; a separate General Ophthalmic Additional Services Model Contract for SES will be established for the preferred provider of each lot, with each contract lasting five years and the commissioner having the option to extend for up to a further four years (maximum nine years).