Provision of Vision Testing Services

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Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: V11.2 Instead of: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.The Government has a commitment to increase skills levels within the UK workforce with an ambition of creating 30,000 new rail and road apprenticeships by 2020 in line with the Transport Infrastructure Skills Strategy. It has been identified that this contract can assist with the development of skills and delivery of 1 new apprenticeship for every £5 million of the total contract value. Read: During the evaluation process DVLA recognised that we needed to be more explicit around our minimum requirements. We would like to confirm that the OJEU Procurement for the Provision of the Vision Services Contract PS/17/95 will be terminated as of 6.3.2019. DVLA plan to issue the new requirements via the Delta Portal week commencing the 5/3/2019. Other additional information: During the evaluation process DVLA recognised that we needed to be more explicit around our minimum requirements. We would like to confirm that the OJEU Procurement for the Provision of the Vision Services Contract PS/17/95 will be terminated as of 6.3.2019. DVLA plan to issue the new requirements via the Delta Portal week commencing the 5/3/2019. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) requires a contract which will deliver visual field and visual acuity testing service by qualified and trained opticians to assist DVLA in determining a drivers medical fitness to hold a driving licence. The successful supplier must be capable of carrying out both Group 1 (Car & Motorcycle) and Group 2 (Lorry/Bus) Visual Field Standard Tests and be able to provide national coverage throughout Great Britain. Suppliers may consider the creation of consortiums and sub-contracting with Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to ensure delivery. Suppliers should indicate if they fall within a small (less than 50 employees) or medium (50 to 249 employees) enterprise category. DVLA encourages open, fair and transparent procurement and omission from any part of the Department's market engagement exercise shall not be taken into account in any subsequent procurement.

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