Notice Information
Notice Title
Community Urgent & Minor Eye Service
Notice 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.
Lot Information
Lot 1
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 13000 consultations. This is an existing service intended to award to an existing provider for 31 March 2027 to enable a competitive procurement process to be undertaken in the future.
Procurement Information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act Regulations 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 16 October 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a87f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084516-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
85160000 - Optician services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £670,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Dec 20251 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 7 Apr 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- ddicb.optometry@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DERBY
- Postcode
- DE1 2FS
- Post Town
- Derby
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF11 Derby
- Delivery Location
- TLF11 Derby
-
- Local Authority
- Derby
- Electoral Ward
- Darley
- Westminster Constituency
- Derby South
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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