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title: "WPL07181 - Glaucoma Ophthalmology Insourcing"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078349"
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buyer: "University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust"
published: "2026-10-08"
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# WPL07181 - Glaucoma Ophthalmology Insourcing

Buyer: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078349

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## Summary

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust commissioned a fully managed glaucoma follow-up service for patients at University Hospital Southampton. The work combines weekend, on-site diagnostic clinics at Trust sites with virtual consultant reviews, providing short-term clinical capacity to reduce waiting times on ophthalmology pathways. The service is intended to assess up to 3,904 patients. It is specialist ophthalmology clinical service provision, specifically glaucoma follow-up and diagnostic assessment, rather than a supply of equipment or general eye-care services. The procurement is described as a new service requirement and is delivered directly from the Trust’s Southampton sites.

The contract has been awarded to 18 Week Support Limited and is active. The award was made on 7 October 2026, with the contract beginning on 10 October 2026. The initial period ends on 30 January 2027, with an optional two-month extension that cannot run beyond 31 March 2027. The contract value, including the optional extension, is £688,314.24. This was a call-off from a framework agreement without further competition, using the Provider Selection Regime for health services. One bid was recorded. The award criteria were those in the framework agreement, with cost stated as the criterion at 100%.

For a future requirement of this kind, a credible provider would need to manage specialist glaucoma follow-up clinics end to end and supply clinical capacity that can operate from NHS hospital sites. The service model combines weekend, face-to-face diagnostic activity with virtual consultant reviews, so providers need to coordinate on-site delivery and remote consultant input as one managed pathway. Experience assessing high volumes of glaucoma follow-up patients and supporting ophthalmology waiting-time reduction would be directly relevant. The Trust used an existing framework and made this award without a further competition, so suppliers seeking comparable work would need to be appointed to a suitable framework and able to meet its service and cost criteria. The recorded outcome shows that the selected provider could deliver this combination of clinical capacity and service management.

## Notice

The service delivers a fully managed insourced clinical service for Glaucoma follow-up patients at University Hospital Southampton, operating directly from Trust sites. The service combines weekend on-site diagnostic clinics with virtual consultant reviews to assess up to 3,904 patients over an initial four-month period.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The service delivers a fully managed insourced clinical service for Glaucoma follow-up patients at University Hospital Southampton, operating directly from Trust sites. The service combines weekend on-site diagnostic clinics with virtual consultant reviews to assess up to 3,904 patients over an initial four-month period. This contract targets wait-time reductions for ophthalmology pathways by providing short-term on-site clinical procedure capacity. This Notice is confirmation of an award having been made based on a framework agreement without further competition. The total estimated lifetime value of the contract including the optional 2 month extension period is PS688,314.24. The contract commences on 10/10/2026 and the initial period expires on 30th January 2027. There is one optional extension available which will not extend beyond 31/03/2027. This is a new service requirement.

### 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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/094999-2026 |
| 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 | 8 Oct 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 | £688,314 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Locality | SOUTHAMPTON |
| Postcode area | Southampton |
| Postcode | SO16 6YD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ32 Southampton |
| Local authority | Southampton |
| Electoral ward | Shirley |
| Westminster constituency | Southampton Test |
| Delivery location | TLJ32 Southampton |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | 18 Week Support Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85121281 - Ophthalmologist services

## Release History

- 8 Oct 2026 at 08:44 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094999-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.uhs.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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