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title: "Low Vision Aid Practioner"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0788c3"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn Nhs Foundation Trust"
published: "2026-10-15"
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# Low Vision Aid Practioner

Buyer: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn Nhs Foundation Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0788c3

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## Summary

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust commissioned a low vision clinic service, providing practical support through low vision aids. Clinics are to run once a month on a Friday at North Cambs Hospital and once a month on a Friday at Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn. The work is a specialist healthcare service for people requiring low vision assistance, delivered across the two hospital sites. The service is identified under medical hospital services (CPV 85111200). The selected provider is an individual practitioner based in Wisbech, giving the award a local delivery context in the Fenland and King’s Lynn area.

The procurement reached the award stage, with Kim Horsepole selected as the supplier. The contract was signed on 15 October 2026 and is recorded as active, with an awarded value of £7,200. The stated contract term is one year, covering 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. The trust used a limited procedure without prior publication of a competition, described as a direct award under Provider Selection Regime process C for a repetition of existing services. The lot is marked cancelled in the tender data, while the award and contract are recorded as active. The evaluation criterion was price. One bid was recorded. The intention-to-award wording states that formal award was subject to the PSR standstill and that representations were due by 26 October.

This award demonstrates demand from the trust for a recurring, scheduled low vision clinic service across North Cambs Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn. A credible provider would need the specialist capability to assess patients’ low vision needs and provide or advise on appropriate low vision aids, together with the capacity to deliver reliably at two hospital sites on a monthly Friday schedule. The selected provider was an individual practitioner, indicating that this requirement was delivered at an individual-practitioner scale rather than as a large multi-site service operation. Experience providing low vision clinics in a hospital setting, dependable local travel between the sites, and the ability to maintain continuity for patients would be directly relevant if this same requirement returns to the market.

## Notice

To provide a 'Low Vision Clinic' service once a month on a Friday at North Cambs Hospital and once a month on a Friday at QEHKL.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Low Vision Aid Clinics
Contract to be awarded to an existing provider following direct award process C
Contract Term - 1year
Value for the year = PS7,200
Provided between 1/04/26 - 31/03/27

### 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 26th October. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.'

Decision Maker - Hannah Lodge

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097588-2026 |
| 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 | 15 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 | £7,200 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn Nhs Foundation Trust |
| Locality | KINGS LYNN |
| Postcode area | Peterborough |
| Postcode | PE30 4ET |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH5 Norfolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH52 North and West Norfolk |
| Local authority | King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
| Electoral ward | Springwood |
| Westminster constituency | North West Norfolk |
| Delivery location | TLH16 North and West Norfolk |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Kim Horsepole |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85111200 - Medical hospital services

## Release History

- 15 Oct 2026 at 15:33 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097588-2026

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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