Pars Planar Vitrectomy surgery.
Dear County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust,
Please tell me about your Vitrectomy surgery in years 2018 ,2019 & 2020
• How many pars planar vitrectomy surgical procedures were carried out in the years 2018 2019 and 2020
• When is the current Vitreo Retinal ophthalmology contract due to expire?
• Do you plan to release an OJEU tender for the renewal of this contract?
• Do you plan to use a national framework for the renewal of this contract? If so which one?
• What is the volume of the vitrectomy procedures that will be included within the contract?
• How many vitrectomy machines do you have?
• What is the age of your vitrectomy machines?
• How many phaco handpieces do you have?
• What are your top 3 requirements for the new contract and future awarded supplier to meet?
• Do you plan to trial potential new suppliers this year? If so which month do you expect to want to trial?
• Who is the procurement manager responsible for this?
• Who will sign the new contract and what is their job title?
• What is the total spend on your VR procedure packs?
• Are there any other products within the scope of the current Vitrectomy contracts and if so, which products are they and who supplies them?
• What level of maintenance cover is provided for your Vitreo Retinal equipment? What is the annual cost of maintenance for your Vitreo Retinal machines?
• Who is the clinical lead for ophthalmology?
• Who is the current suppliers of VR equipment?
• Will you plan to use capital or revenue budget to fund the next contract for phaco and VR equipment, ie capital purchase or consumables based agreement?
• What type of viewing system do you use with your microscope eg Eibos, Biom or 3D system etc?
Yours faithfully,
Rex Grant
Our reference: 02.21.38
Dear Mr Grant
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Acknowledgement.
I acknowledge your request for information received on 16 February 2021
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Dear CDDFTFOI (COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST),
I am happy to resubmit at a later stage.
Yours sincerely,
Rex Grant
Dear Mr Grant
Further to our email to you on 17 February 2021 relating to your FOI Request, we placed your request on hold either at your request or due to receiving no clarification from you to proceed at that time. As the national position has settled we are now in a position to process FOI’s.
Please could I ask you to confirm if you still require the information you originally requested? (below for your reference). Once we receive clarification from you we will begin processing the request and will aim to respond in line with the 20 working day timeframe set out in the FOIA. If we do not hear from you within two weeks, we will continue to keep your file closed unless you notify us otherwise.
We would, however, ask you to check on our disclosure log before responding in case any of our previous FOI responses provide the information you are seeking. The disclosure log can be found here: https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/about-the-trust...
We look forward to hearing from you
Kind regards
Joanna Tyrrell
Corporate Records and Freedom of Information Team
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