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
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- The Prison Opticians Company SME
- Value
- £322,560
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Optician services (CPV 85160000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 055775-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jun 2026
- Published12 Jun 2026Published 11 days after the contract date
Description
Optometry services - delivered within an HMP environment. This notice is an intention to award a contract under PSR to an existing provider following Direct Award C.
About the supplier
The Prison Opticians Company: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06828145).