---
title: "Low Complex, High Volume Cataract Surgery Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-059131"
canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-059131"
markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-059131.md"
json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-059131.json"
source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND ICB"
published: "2025-09-01"
---

# Low Complex, High Volume Cataract Surgery Service

Buyer: NHS LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND ICB  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-059131

[View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-059131)  
[Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-059131.json)

## Summary

The procurement involves the provision of low complex, high volume cataract surgery services, awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The buying organisation, NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB, initiated this tender to meet the needs of patients requiring cataract surgery. Classified under the CPV category 85160000 for optician services, this contract is focused on health services. Located in regions UKF21 and UKF22, the service will continue until 31 March 2026. The tender was awarded through a limited procurement method, specifically a direct award procedure without a prior call for competition, and the contract was finalised on 1 June 2025.

This contract presents considerable business opportunities for large-scale service providers specialising in healthcare, particularly in ophthalmic surgeries. With high volume, low complexity procedures and an emphasis on patient choice, this tender aligns with businesses possessing robust capabilities to manage routine operations. Companies like Community Health and Eyecare Ltd, Leicestershire Consultant Eye Surgeons, and Optegra UK Ltd, which were awarded the contract, exemplify the type of enterprises well-positioned to benefit. Focused on activity-based services, organisations providing comprehensive pre-operative, surgical, and post-operative care can achieve substantial growth by addressing the high demand for cataract surgery within the specified regions.

## Notice

To provide Service Users diagnosed with a cataract in one or both eyes and potentially will require cataract surgery, meeting the Right Care selection criteria in addition to locally defined clinical criteria.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The service needs are to ensure provision through Provider choice for Service Users requiring low complex cataract surgery as defined within the GIRFT cataract risk stratification o Level 1 - routine, no risk factors: o Level 2 - Having no more than 2 risk factors: difficult access, deep-set eye, difficulty lying flat, anxious / jumpy patient, poor pupil dilation (no hooks/ring required), tamsulosin (alpha blockers), dense or mature cataract, shallow anterior chamber, vitrectomised eye, high myopia or high hypermetropia, >85yrs, guttate, multiple intravitreal injections. The service is for high volume, low complex day case cataract surgery and associated pre-operative and post-operative services. The Provider must follow the commissioned pathway as detailed on the LLR cataract pathway: * in respect of pre-operative and pre-clinic attendance information and consent form provision, * booking service users, * pre-operative assessment, surgery and aftercare. This notice is confirmation of award under the Direct Award B PSR process. This is an existing service for new providers. This is an activity based service and payments will be made dependent on activity. The service will be provided until the 31st of March 2026.

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052756-2025 |
| 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 | 1 Sep 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 May 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 | £1 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND ICB |
| Locality | LEICESTER |
| Post town | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE3 8TB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Blaby |
| Electoral ward | Glenfield Faire |
| Westminster constituency | Mid Leicestershire |
| Delivery location | TLF21 Leicester, TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EYECARE; LEICESTERSHIRE CONSULTANT EYE SURGEONS, T/A THE STONEYGATE EYE HOSPITAL; OPTEGRA |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services
- 85160000 - Optician services

## Release History

- 1 Sep 2025 at 10:59 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052756-2025

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://leicesterleicestershireandrutland.icb.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-059131. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-059131.json.