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title: "NHSWYICB - Enhanced Optical Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06028f"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS WEST YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2026-01-09"
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# NHSWYICB - Enhanced Optical Services

Buyer: NHS WEST YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06028f

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## Summary

The NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has announced the award of contracts under the Provider Selection Regime for enhanced optical services. This falls under the health industry's optician services category, targeting locations including Wakefield, Bradford, and Leeds. The procurement process was completed through a direct award procedure without prior publication for competition, adhering to the NHS Provider Selection Regime. The awarded contracts, which are active from 1st April 2025 until 30th September 2027 with a potential extension to September 2028, aim to improve urgent eyecare, glaucoma referrals, and cataract pathways in the community, enhancing the service delivery by leveraging local optometric skills.

This tender provides significant business growth opportunities for small and medium enterprises within the health care sector, particularly those offering optical services. Providers adept in delivering community-based urgent eyecare and capable of participating in an enhanced care pathway for glaucoma and cataracts are well-suited to benefit. Additionally, the focus on patient choice and local service delivery opens avenues for existing and new providers to establish or expand partnerships with health care provider networks across the Yorkshire region. The zero-value nature of the contracts emphasises a performance-based approach, rewarding service provision rather than fixed payments, thus aligning with flexible and responsive business models.

## Notice

1.Community Urgent Eyecare Service - to use the skills of primary care Optometrists to assess, manage and prioritise service users presenting with an urgent or minor eye condition. 2.Glaucoma Referral Refinement - to reduce false positive referrals to the hospital eye service reducing service user anxiety AND releasing capacity from the hospital glaucoma service enabling follow-up care including treatment to be provided AND monitored closer to home. 3.Complete Cataract Enhanced Pathway - an end-to-end pathway across primary and secondary care utilising the skills of primary care optometrists to confirm the presence of cataract, counsel the service user with the use of shared decision making and to refer on to the service users of surgical provider

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Contract Authority; NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded contracts under Direct Award Process B. The authority is publishing this notice in Find a Tender in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime. All providers meeting the requirements for service delivery have been offered contracts. Contract period: 01/04/2025 - 30/09/2027 plus an option to extend to 30/09/2028 The contracts are of a zero-value nature, with there being no fixed or guaranteed income to a provider under contract. The lifetime value has therefore been defined to be under PS1 million for the purpose of the ICB's financial scheme of delegation. For the purpose of the notice, the contract has been awarded to the Health and Care Partnerships. The formal award has been made to 90+ incumbent providers that deliver the service across Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield.

### Procurement Information

The Contract Authority; NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board intends to award a contract under Direct Award Process B. The authority is publishing this notice in Find a Tender in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001757-2026 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Jan 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 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 | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS WEST YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | WAKEFIELD |
| Post town | Wakefield |
| Postcode | WF1 1LT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE45 Wakefield |
| Local authority | Wakefield |
| Electoral ward | Wakefield North |
| Westminster constituency | Wakefield and Rothwell |
| Delivery location | TLE4 West Yorkshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | BRADFORD DISTRICT AND CRAVEN HEALTH AND CARE PARTNERSHIP; LEEDS HEALTH & CARE PARTNERSHIP; WAKEFIELD DISTRICT HEALTH AND CARE PARTNERSHIP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85160000 - Optician services

## Release History

- 9 Jan 2026 at 11:24 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001757-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/how-commissioning-is-changing/nhs-provider-selection-regime/independent-patient-choice-and-procurement-panel/
- https://www.westyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/

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