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 Northamptonshire ICB · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Community Health and Eyecare SME
- Value
- £0.01
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 043910-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Jul 2025
- Published29 Jul 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The service will provide an ophthalmology service for new referrals, providing consultant led pathways of care. Patients will be seen within the required Referral to Treatment timescales and where a follow up appointment is required for on-going management, these will be within national guidance and service standards (the service provided will reflect NICE guidance) by appropriately qualified, competent clinical practitioners. Ensuring that the service does not adversely impact the ability to deliver local comprehensive Ophthalmology services.<br/><br/>The key objectives of the service are:<br/>• To ensure the provision of safe and effective Ophthalmology service provision to NHS patients for all services outlined in this specification.<br/>• To free up outpatient and primary eye care capacity for patients at higher risk of sight loss<br/>• To ensure the delivery of training for the next generation of consultant ophthalmologists through equitable delivery of training to NHS trainees i…
About the supplier
Community Health and Eyecare: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07296068).