Official UK procurement notice
Cataract Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe key objectives of the service are:
- To ensure the provision of safe and effective cataract service provision to NHS patients
- To free up outpatient and primary eye care capacity for patients at higher risk of sight loss
- To ensure the delivery of training for the next generation of consultant ophthalmologists through equitable delivery of training to NHS trainees in all providers of NHS cataract surgery
- To ensure Service Users with urgent post-surgery issues and complications can be advised and managed by the Provider's own surgical ophthalmic team with any requirement and resource for other providers to support this clearly agreed.
- To achieve, and drive improvements in, the NECRTP high flow cataract pathway.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Award Notice (via Direct Award Process B).
CPV: Ophthalmologist services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Jan 2025, 14:58 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Jan 2025, 14:58 GMT
- Authority reference
C283175- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000212- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cd9cFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This procurement falls under the Provider Selection Regime 2023 (Direct Award Process B).
Publisher note: 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. The award decision maker for NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board is the Deputy Chief Integrations & Primary Care Officer. There are no declared or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision and how these were managed.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optegra UK LimitedCommunity Audiology - Specsavers Optical Superstore Ltd | £26,447,916 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Community Audiology - Specsavers Optical Superstore Ltd · Optegra UK Limited
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2024
- Value
- £26,447,916
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS EnglandMediation body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Optegra UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.