Notice Information
Notice Title
Lathe for Contact Lenses
Notice Description
The contact Lens service at Moorfields Eye Hospital is the largest hospital based medical contact lens service in the UK. 15,000 patients attend the contact lens service on an annual basis for medically necessary contact lenses. The contact lens manufacturing lab produced 2500 rigid gas permeable contact lenses and approximately 500 scleral lenses per annum, which provides our patients with sight correction that they would not have through any other means of correction. The quality of life impact on these patients is huge. The new lathe will allow a greater number of lens options to be manufactured in house thus reducing our external spend with other contact lens manufacturers thus offering not only excellent patient outcomes but cost efficiencies for the Trust.
Procurement Information
This contract award is made under Regulation 41 of the Procurement Act 2023, which permits Direct Award without prior publication. The justification is based on an absence of competition for technical reasons, and there are no reasonable alternatives. The solution from the winning supplier is the only available replacement to meet Moorfields' in-house production needs. With a 5mm excursion for complex designs, a side probe for precise alignment & space for all lens sizes, a laser engraver, edge-finishing tool, smart channel cutting for BostonSight scleral lenses & customised software to streamline production & minimise errors, it reduces reliance on external manufacturers.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ea7d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008808-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
42 - Industrial machinery
-
- CPV Codes
42620000 - Lathes, boring and milling machine tools
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £362,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 7 Mar 202511 months ago
- Contract Period
- 23 Mar 2025 - 22 Mar 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- helpdesk@nhspps.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- EC1V 2PD
- Post Town
- Central London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI43 Haringey and Islington
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Islington
- Electoral Ward
- Bunhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008808-2025
11th March 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008339-2025
7th March 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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