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
- London Borough of Brent · Regional or local authority
- Value
- £397,750
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 096305-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Oct 2026
- Published12 Oct 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Local authorities are responsible for commissioning Child Vision screening as part of the healthy child programme and it is recommended by the UK National Screening Committee. Screening for reduced vision in children aged 4 to 5 years is primarily undertaken to detect children with amblyopia, a form of abnormal vision system development. In Brent, approximately six thousand reception children are eligible annually for the vision screening service. The previous provider delivered the service as part of the 0-19 healthy child programme, but following a review of the service it was decided this would be no longer commissioned. The proposed service will re-establish a universal, orthoptic-led vision screening programme across Brent primary schools for all eligible reception children. The service will operate on an opt-out basis to maximise uptake and will include school-based screening, catch-up provision for children who miss their initial appointment, referral into appropriate eye care …
About the supplier
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.