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
- Leicestershire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £57,500
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Optician services (CPV 85160000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 008012-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Mar 2025
- Published5 Mar 2025Published the same day
Description
Contract to provide eye tests to employees of Leicestershire County Council (LCC) through a corporate eye care voucher scheme. The Service will enable the Council to meet its legislative requirements and maintain a duty of care to staff. In addition, the contract will need to deliver the ability to order specialist vouchers as needed including safety eyewear, drivers eyecare, lens insert, safety eyewear lens. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to ward notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Provision (Provided Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by the 17th March 2025 (8 working days following publication of intention to award). This contract has yet not been awarded;…
About the supplier
Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01721624).