---
title: "QHM-2025-57749 Post-Op Cataracts"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f9e9"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2026-09-15"
---

# QHM-2025-57749 Post-Op Cataracts

Buyer: NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f9e9

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## Summary

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board is commissioning a community-based, non-complex post-operative cataract service for second-eye procedures. The service is for patients aged 18 and over and is intended to reduce follow-up review attendances at hospital eye services, releasing capacity in overstretched outpatient clinics. The work is a healthcare service delivered across the North East and North Cumbria area. It sits within the health and social work services category. The intended provider is Primary Eyecare Services Limited, a large supplier based in Manchester. The requirement concerns post-operative cataract care rather than surgery itself, with delivery focused on community provision and reducing pressure on hospital eye services.

The process is at the Provider Selection Regime intention-to-award stage: Primary Eyecare Services Limited has been selected as the existing provider, but the notice says the contract had not yet formally been awarded and was subject to standstill representations by 26 September 2026. The proposed arrangement uses Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, without prior publication of a competition. The stated contract period is 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, with an ad hoc value of £4,027. Services were delivered under an implied contract from the start date, and the record shows a contract signed on 1 July 2026. Quality and cost were each described as 100% criteria. The lot is marked cancelled, although the associated award and contract are recorded as active.

This opportunity indicates recurring demand from the integrated care board for community-based post-operative cataract services that can safely manage second-eye patients aged 18 and over while reducing unnecessary hospital eye-service reviews. A credible future competitor would need clinical capability in non-complex post-operative cataract follow-up, reliable community delivery across the North East and North Cumbria, and the capacity to handle ad hoc activity. Experience demonstrating consistently satisfactory performance against an existing healthcare contract would be particularly relevant, because the stated rationale relied on the incumbent’s performance and expected ability to meet the proposed service standard. Suppliers should also be able to evidence quality and cost control, work within the Provider Selection Regime, and support outpatient capacity and patient flow objectives.

## Notice

To provide a high quality community based non-complex post-op cataract service (second eye) for all patients aged 18 years or over. The service will reduce the number of review attendances at hospital eye services, creating capacity at overstretched out-patient clinics.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Post-Op Cataracts The relevant authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. The contract value is PS4027. The contract value cannot be confirmed as the services carried out within this contract are ad hoc. Contract Start Date: 01/04/2026 Contract End Date: 31/03/2027 Although the contract start is 01/04/2026, the services have been delivered on an implied contract.

### 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 2023 and the Procurement Regulations 2024 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 decision makers by midnight on 26/09/2026 This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. A contract will not be awarded until after the 9th working day following standstill.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087211-2026 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £4,027 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | SUNDERLAND |
| Postcode area | Sunderland |
| Postcode | SR5 3XB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC44 Sunderland |
| Local authority | Sunderland |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Washington and Gateshead South |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Primary Eyecare Services Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 15 Sep 2026 at 11:29 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087211-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk

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