Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Looking Good Opticians
- Value
- £0.01
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Optician services (CPV 85160000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 000966-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jan 2026
- Published7 Jan 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
The integrated pathway consists of four elements, two connected to the community optician and two connected with the cataract hospital: • Community Optician - Pre referral assessment and patient lifestyle questionnaire completed. • Hospital - competes a pre-operative appointment. • Hospital completed cataract surgery. • Community Optician - completes a post operative appointment. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Award Notice (via Direct Award B). This is a zero value contract. The contract start date is 01.01.2026 The contract end date is 31.03.2029 This is an existing provider.
About the supplier
Looking Good Opticians: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02455695).