{"id":717,"date":"2026-01-20T00:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/?p=717"},"modified":"2026-01-20T00:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:10:44","slug":"procurement-for-special-educational-settings-now-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/2026\/01\/20\/procurement-for-special-educational-settings-now-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement for Special Educational Settings now live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Communication from the South East Optometry Hub:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Notice of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Live<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Procurement: Special Educational Settings (SES)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The procurement for <strong>Sight Testing and Dispensing of Spectacles to Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)<\/strong>\u00a0is now live.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The procurement officially opens on <strong>5 February 2026<\/strong>, and the\u00a0<strong>deadline for tender submissions is 6 March 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Accessing the Tender<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The procurement is being conducted electronically via the\u00a0<strong>Atamis system<\/strong>. Please use the following links and reference to participate:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>Tender Advert:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.find-tender.service.gov.uk\/Notice\/000273-2026\">View on Find a Tender Service<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tender Portal:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health-family.force.com\/s\/Welcome\">Access via Atamis Health Family Portal<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Atamis Tender Reference:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>C401955<\/strong>\u00a0(All relevant documentation is located under this reference).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Queries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ensure the process remains open, impartial and transparent, all queries from potential bidders must be submitted through the appropriate channels:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Technical\/Bid Queries:<\/strong>\u00a0Submit directly through the Atamis portal messaging system.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>General Procurement Queries:<\/strong>\u00a0Contact the NHS South, Central and West (SCW) procurement team at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:Scwcsu.procurement@nhs.net\">Scwcsu.procurement@nhs.net<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directing all communication through these channels ensures that all bidders receive consistent information and that the ICB commissioning hub team maintains total impartiality throughout the process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Thank you for your interest in supporting this highly important service for children and young people with SEND.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communication from the South East Optometry Hub: Notice of\u00a0Live\u00a0Procurement: Special Educational Settings (SES) The procurement for Sight Testing and Dispensing of Spectacles to Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)\u00a0is now live. The procurement officially opens on 5 February 2026, and the\u00a0deadline for tender submissions is 6 March 2026. \u00a0 Accessing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/2026\/01\/20\/procurement-for-special-educational-settings-now-live\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Procurement for Special Educational Settings now live&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1087,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1087"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}