Locsu reacts to Surrey Downs ‘exception’

Locsu has issued a response to last week’s In Focus on the award of a Mecs contract in Surrey Downs to Specsavers.

It said the service was commissioned under an Any Qualified Provider (AQP) process, through which providers do not compete with each other to win the service.

Locsu said this type of procurement was very much ‘exception rather than the rule’.

‘Most procurements are competitive and Primary Eyecare Companies have been successful in bidding for, and winning, such services. One of the key elements in this success is unity – between multiples and independents, between individuals and across areas,’ its statement added.