Issue - decisions

That the Corporate Director Service Reform and Strategy:

i)               Notes that the Child Vision Screening Service has been procured under the Most Suitable Provider Process in Regulation 10 of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), having been notified to the market by the notice of intention to follow the Most Suitable Provider Process published on 20 August 2026.

ii)              Notes the key criteria under Regulation 5 of the PSR and the relative importance given to each, as published to the market and applied in the assessment.

iii)            Notes that the basic selection criteria under Regulation 19 and Schedule 16 to the PSR have been applied.

iv)            Approves the award of contract for the Child Vision Screening Service for a period of three (3) years, with the option to extend the contract on an annual basis for up to a further maximum period of 2 years, with a total contract value of £397,750, to Moorfield Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

v)             Notes that the contract may not be entered into until the standstill period of 8 working days under Regulation 12 of the PSR has passed, and that if written representations are received the matter will be reported back to the Corporate Director for Service Reform and Strategy before the contract is entered into.