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 Frimley ICB · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Community Health and Eyecare SME
- Value
- £0.10
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 007919-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Jan 2025
- Published4 Mar 2025Published 41 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Frimley ICB commissions Cataract surgery services to ensure that supply meets the demands of our ageing population, that Service Users can choose a provider that most suits their individual needs, that quality and safety are central to provision and that the service does not adversely impact the ability to deliver local comprehensive ophthalmology services. The Provider will: i. Deliver high quality and value for money cataract services that reflect the best practice guidance set out by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Getting it Right First Time and the NHSE National Eye Care Recovery and Transformation Programme (NECRTP) and NICE. ii. Maintain capacity to support the overall commissioned activity of the ICS, thus ensuring delivery of the national 18-week referral to treatment (RTT) cataract pathway and reduction in waiting list backlogs. iii. Maintain access to cataract services in accessible hospital and community settings, that provides care closer to home, improves choi…
About the supplier
Community Health and Eyecare: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07296068).