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 Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Primary Eyecare Services Limited SME
- Value
- £670,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Optician services (CPV 85160000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 062405-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Apr 2025
- Published6 Oct 2025Published 181 days after the contract date
Description
The service is for people of all ages. Children under 16 years must be accompanied at their appointment by an adult. Services include: • Red eye(s) or eyelid(s) • Dry, gritty or uncomfortable eye(s) • Eye irritation and inflammation • Recent discharge from the eye(s) or watery eye(s) • Recently occurring flashes or floaters • Painful eye(s) • In-growing eyelashes • Recent and sudden loss of vision • Foreign body in the eye / emergency contact lens removal Treatment for the above and onward referral as required. NHS Derby & Derbyshire ICB are intending to award the contract to the existing provider following Direct Award Process C. The approximate activity will be 13000 consultations. This is an existing service intended to award to an existing provider for 31 March 2027 to enable a competitive procurement process to be undertaken in the future.
About the supplier
Primary Eyecare Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06722353).