Adult Sight Loss and Visual Impairment Support Service
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The City of Edinburgh Council, acting through the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership (EHSCP), is in the planning stage to tender a contract for an Adult Sight Loss and Visual Impairment Support Service. The procurement process, which falls under the service category, is primarily geared towards providing rehabilitation, mobility services, and eye clinic support for individuals with visual impairments in Edinburgh. The procurement is currently marked as "planned" with a projected tender advertisement in the last quarter of 2025 and an anticipated contract start date in April 2026.
The contract is expected to last until at least April 2031, with potential extensions, contingent on funding. Interested parties should submit their notes of interest and complete the attached questionnaire by 12 noon on 25 July 2025. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in healthcare services, particularly those with expertise in sight loss and vision impairment rehabilitation.
Companies offering assistive technology, mobility aids, or with experience in managing health care services would find this contracting process particularly relevant. The opportunity is designed to engage organisations capable of providing comprehensive support, including equipment provision and connecting users to additional services. The planned timeline suggests that businesses should prepare substantiated bids, focusing on service quality and capacity, to capitalise on this long-term opportunity in Edinburgh.
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to advise the market that the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership (EHSCP), through the City of Edinburgh Council, intend to tender a contract to appoint a Provider to deliver an Adult Sight Loss and Visual Impairment Support Service; and to seek notes of interest from suitably qualified/ experienced potential providers. Further details about the requirement are included in the attached PIN.
The EHSCP intend to tender a contract to appoint a suitably qualified Provider with the expertise, capability and capacity to: A) Deliver a Sight loss and Vision Impairment Rehabilitation and Mobility Service. B) Deliver an eye clinic support service. C) Supply equipment post assessment which includes identifying beneficial assistive daily living aids, such as symbol canes and mobility items, lighting and glare control, kitchen tools, time devices, digital devices as well as reading and transcript tools like magnifiers. Provision consists of a limited range of equipment on behalf of EHSCP; and advice is provided on self-purchase of equipment. D) Administration of the Statutory Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI). E) CVI register retention. F) Connect people to other services and support. It is anticipated that: - the tender opportunity will be advertised during the last quarter of 2025. Tender Evaluation will include submission of a formal written bid via Public Contracts Scotland. - the new contract will begin in April 2026 and that it will run until at least April 2031 with optional extensions, subject to the availability of a complex funding package. Further details about the requirement are included in the attached PIN.. If you wish to note interest in this contract opportunity, please indicate so on Public Contract Scotland and complete the attached brief questionnaire and email it to kat.mcclory@edinburgh.gov.uk by 12 noon on Friday 25 July 2025.
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