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
- £82,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Optician services (CPV 85160000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 062424-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Apr 2025
- Published6 Oct 2025Published 181 days after the contract date
Description
The Community Urgent & Minor Eye Service is delivered by Community Optometry for patients presenting with acute eye problems and is designed to provide both urgent and routine access, treatment or referral as required. Aims to provide care closer to home for patients, reducing the need to attend A&E or Hospital Eye Service. 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 1…
About the supplier
Primary Eyecare Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06722353).