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title: "Optometry First Services for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04fda5"
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buyer: "NHS SHROPSHIRE, TELFORD AND WREKIN INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2025-04-04"
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# Optometry First Services for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board

Buyer: NHS SHROPSHIRE, TELFORD AND WREKIN INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fda5

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## Summary

The NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board is in the process of awarding a contract for Optometry First Services under the Healthcare Services Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Regulations 2023. This competitive process aims to improve integrated eye care services within the regions of Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin. The procurement is categorised under Health Services and is currently in the award stage, with the contract slated to commence on 1st July 2025. Important deadlines include the final date for representations by providers on 17th April 2025 and the decision-making meeting on 19th March 2025. The total contract value is £7,049,333, covering a period of 2 years and 9 months with an option for extension.

This procurement provides substantial opportunities for businesses specializing in primary care optometry services and healthcare management. The contract is intended to enhance local optometry services, offering pathways like cataract referral filtering, glaucoma case finding, medical retina monitoring, and urgent eyecare services. Companies with expertise in primary care ophthalmic practices will find this tender well-suited to their capabilities. Additionally, businesses that can deliver integrated eye care services efficiently and sustainably, catering to community-based needs, stand to benefit significantly from this contract.

## Notice

This is a Competitive Process Intention to Award notice for Optometry First Services for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board made under the Healthcare Services Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 2023 Regulation 11.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a Competitive Process Intention to Award notice for Optometry First Services for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board made under the Healthcare Services Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 2023 Regulation 11. A Competitive Process was undertaken for the Optometry First Services in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. The aim of the community optometry first service is centred around the vision of providing timely, safe, effective, and sustainable integrated eye care services for patients at the right time, in the right location, by the right clinician with an enhanced skillset to deliver care in a community setting. The service will utilise the knowledge and skills of primary care ophthalmic practitioners to deliver a specialist primary care optometry service where service users will be managed and monitored, where appropriate within the service, in line with the scope and acceptance criteria of each pathway. The Optometry First Service will deliver a suite of agreed pathways in primary care optometry. Service users will be referred into the service through several routes via STW Referral Management Centre (currently RAS/TRAQS) from GPs, Optometrists, Ophthalmology services, A&E and other urgent eyecare routes. Service users can also self-present or be signposted to the CUES pathway from other routes such as pharmacy and 111. Eye Care emergencies continue to be dealt with in the A&E and Urgent Eye Clinic. Optometry First Service Pathways include: * Cataract referral filtering and post-op assessment * Glaucoma Enhanced Case Finding (ECF), Repeat Readings (RR) and low-risk monitoring * Medical Retina referral filtering and low risk monitoring * Community minor and urgent eyecare service(CUES) * Children's integrated eye care service The lifetime value of the contract is PS7,049,333. The contract commences on the 1st July 2025. The Contract is for a period of 2 years and 9 month with the option to extend for up to a further 2-year period, ending 31st March 2030. The Optometry First service is a new service that is intended to be awarded to a new provider. Additional 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The day after the publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on Thursday 17th April 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR regulations. Written representations should be sent to stw.stw.cmt@nhs.net, quoting this notice.

### Procurement Information

This contract award notice follows an F02: Contract Notice, but a link to the previous notice was not possible, the details are below: F02: Contract Notice Notice Identifier: 2024/S 000-036292

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013221-2025 |
| Notice type | Award 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Mar 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £7,049,333 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SHROPSHIRE, TELFORD AND WREKIN INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | TELFORD |
| Post town | Telford |
| Postcode | TF1 1LX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG21 Telford and Wrekin |
| Local authority | Telford and Wrekin |
| Electoral ward | Haygate & Park |
| Westminster constituency | The Wrekin |
| Delivery location | TLG21 Telford and Wrekin, TLG22 Shropshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PRIMARY EYECARE SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 4 Apr 2025 at 15:33 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013221-2025

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.shropshiretelfordandwrekin.nhs.uk/

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