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 Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Primary Eyecare Limited SME
- Value
- £1,678,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Optician services (CPV 85160000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 061120-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2024
- Published1 Oct 2025Published 549 days after the contract date
Description
Enhanced care optometry pathways delivered by accredited High Street optometrists. Pathways include pre-cataract assessment, Glaucoma repeat readings, Minor Eye conditions, Wet Age Related Macular degeneration. The service provides increased choice and control for service users as to where and when their treatment is delivered and provides on-going care closer to home. NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB has awarded a contract to the Primary Eyecare Service Limited under Direct Award C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract will be £1,679,000 over the two year term, from 1st April 2024 until 31st March 2026. This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
About the supplier
Primary Eyecare Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06722353).