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 North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Primary Eyecare Services Limited
- Value
- £18,363
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 087598-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jul 2026
- Published16 Sep 2026Published 77 days after the contract date
Description
Children's Post Vision Screening Service Glaucoma Repeat Readings (GRR) Service) Children's Post Vision Screening Service Glaucoma Repeat Readings (GRR) Service) The relevant authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. The contract value is £18,363. The contract value cannot be confirmed as the services carried out within this contract are ad hoc. Contract Start Date: 01/04/2026 Contract End Date: 31/03/2027 Although the contract start is 01/04/2026, the services have been delivered on an implied contract.
About the supplier
Primary Eyecare Services Limited: every public contract they have won.