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Cataract Service

Ophthalmologist services
South East (UKJ2)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Intelligence
Published evidence · v1
Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 18:18 BST
A pre-calculated analytical view of official UK procurement facts, competition benchmarks and decision timelines.
Bid readiness
Review notice
Submission deadline not published
Check official notice for submission route
Scope structure
1lots
1 lot · 1 published item
1 published CPV family
Decision Velocity
~48 days
Typical sector award window after deadline
Sector median: 48 days
Contract lifecycle
Not published
No future linked contract end in retained records
No published extension signal
Pricing & Budget Savings
£26,447,916
Contract/award value: £26,447,916
1 award supplier linked
Bidding Competition
1 bids
SME bid count not published
No bid spread metrics published
Sector Market Benchmark (CPV 85)
Based on 36,437 published procedures
Median Winning Discount
5.15%
Award reduction below published budget
Typical Bids Received
1 bidders
Median competitive participation in sector
Typical Evaluation Window
48 days
Median time between deadline and award
Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
SupplierAwards won in sectorTotal awarded valueAvg. winning discount
Chiltern Healthcare
445 contracts£589,385At ceiling / not disclosed
Knowle House SurgeryCRN: TBC
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Bellcare Domiciliary Care Services Ltd
300 contracts£232,055At ceiling / not disclosed
Mountbatton Care Limited
251 contracts£779,257At ceiling / not disclosed
Heritage Healthcare Milton Keynes
243 contracts£257,522At ceiling / not disclosed
Emiran HealthCare
228 contracts£251,448At ceiling / not disclosed
Twilight Years LTD
225 contracts£169,325At ceiling / not disclosed
Cumbria View Care Services Ltd
219 contracts£251,097At ceiling / not disclosed
Community Care Direct Limited
202 contracts£597,982At ceiling / not disclosed
St Gregorys Homecare Ltd
180 contracts£212,030At ceiling / not disclosed
Evidence coverage
6/12 core inputs published
Standard procedure facts
Comparable published opportunities
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They are research comparables, not expected competitors or a price forecast.
Published procedurePublished valueMatching evidence
Primary Eyecare ServicesNHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · 31 Jul 2025, 16:42 BST
Value not published
same CPV family
same authority
same region
matching published text
Children’s Home Collaborative Project FrameworkWest Sussex County Council · 1 Sept 2026, 12:04 BST
£79,000,000
same CPV family
same region
Cataract Surgery ServicesNHS North West London Integrated Care Board · 1 Jun 2026, 15:47 BST
Value not published
same CPV family
matching published text
Integrated Cataract Service: Enhanced Cataract Referral & Post Operative Follow Up ServicesNHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board · 27 Oct 2025, 15:09 GMT
Value not published
same CPV family
matching published text
Cataract ServicesNHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board · 18 Sept 2025, 16:13 BST
Value not published
same CPV family
matching published text
Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Values and dates are retained OCDS facts; missing source data remains unknown.
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD: "Cataract Service". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARDScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1Bids / Report (median)
88.9% of reports have one bid · Mean: 1.3 bids
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustTop vendor: 16.1% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 100 active published awards; 99 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable ValueAvg. Price Discount
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust3 wins£452,955,630—
OM OPTICAL LTD - T/A BOOTS OPTICIANS3 wins£0—
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust2 wins£666,923,000—
Optegra UK Limited2 wins£52,895,832—
Alliance for Better Care Limited2 wins£4,943,564—
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published6 Jan 2025, 14:58 GMT
Last source update6 Jan 2025, 14:58 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationOphthalmologist services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ2)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04cd9c
What is being bought
The 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).
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Jan 2025, 14:58 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    6 Jan 2025, 14:58 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    6 Jan 2025, 14:58 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The 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). The annual contract value is £6,611,979.00 for a total of 4 years. The contract start date is 01.04.2024 The contract end date is 31.03.2028 This is an existing provider.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    6 Jan 2025, 14:58 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 18 Dec 2024, 00:00 GMT · £26,447,916
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Optegra UK Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Community Audiology - Specsavers Optical Superstore Ltd
£26,447,916 · signed 18 Dec 2024, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authority GB-NHS-QNX
View buyer profile

  • NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
    buyer

    GB-NHS: QNX
    Sackville House, Brooks Close, Lewes, UKJ2, BN7 2FZ
    [email protected]
    +44 7823534547

  • NHS England
    mediationBody

    Skipton House, 80 London Road, LONDON, SE1 6LH

  • NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
    reviewBody

    Sackville House, Brooks Close, Lewes, BN7 2FZ

  • Optegra UK Limited
    supplier

    GB-COH: 05846041
    7 The Technology Park, Colindeep Lane, London, UKI, NW9 6BX
Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
No data
No linked documents are published
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThis procurement falls under the Provider Selection Regime 2023 (Direct Award Process B).