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
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- The Prison Opticians Company SME
- Value
- £32,400
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Optician services (CPV 85160000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 104638-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Nov 2026
- Published4 Nov 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board intends to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider Process for the provision of comprehensive optometry services at HMP Cardiff. This is an existing service with an existing provider that will continue to provide timely access to routine and clinically necessary eye care for the prison population. The intention is to award the contract to an existing provider, subject to completion of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) requirements and approval processes. The contract is intended to commence on 01/12/2026 and continue for an initial period of one year, with the option, at the Health Board's discretion, to extend for up to two further periods of 12 months. The service will provide routine sight tests, assessment, diagnosis and management of visual and ocular conditions, provision of spectacles where clinically required, and referral to secondary care ophthalmology services where appropriate. The provider will deliver regular on-site c…
About the supplier
The Prison Opticians Company: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06828145).