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title: "Lothian Health Board - Contact Lens Optometry Partnership"
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# Lothian Health Board - Contact Lens Optometry Partnership

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lothian-health-board-contact-lens-optometry-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-035bca). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Lothian: "Lothian Health Board - Contact Lens Optometry Partnership". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £1,200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Lothian](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-lothian-GB-FTS-126565)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £1,200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 September 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Ophthalmologist services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lothian-health-board-contact-lens-optometry-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-035bca#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035bca`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lothian-health-board-contact-lens-optometry-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-035bca#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lothian-health-board-contact-lens-optometry-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-035bca#participate

## Description
The Contact Lens Optometry Partnership (CLOP) is funded by NHS Lothian’s Hospital Eye Service (HES) and provides a community based specialist contact lens service to patients with a range of medical conditions, predominantly keratoconus but also including aphakia and a number of other less common conditions including anisometropia, erosion, high RX, diplopia, glare, graft and other irregularities.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85121281
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £1,200,000
- **Description:** The Contact Lens Optometry Partnership (CLOP) is funded by NHS Lothian’s Hospital Eye Service (HES) and provides a community based specialist contact lens service to patients with a range of medical conditions, predominantly keratoconus but also incl...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022440-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-15T12:49:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T15:11:30.113Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035bca