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
- East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust · NHS Trust
- Supplier
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHSFT
- Value
- £249,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Ophthalmologist services (CPV 85121281)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 037181-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Mar 2026
- Published23 Apr 2026Published 34 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of Optometrist support to the Cambridgeshire Community Eye Service held across Bedford and Luton sites: • Kempston clinic: Halsey Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 8AU • Biggleswade Hospital: Lindsell Ward, Potton Road, Biggleswade, SG18 0EL • Child Development Centre (CDC): Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedfordshire, MK42 7EB • Liverpool Road Health Centre: 9 Mersey Place, Luton, LU1 1HH • Grove View: Court Drive, Dunstable, LU5 4JD The Provider will deliver 1.0 WTE, across 44 weeks of the year, based on the following: - 1.00 WTE Band 7 Optometrists This contract has been award via PSR Direct Award Process C to Moorfields Eye Hospital NHSFT. Lifetime Value including 12 month extension - £249,000
About the supplier
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