Official UK procurement notice
Low Complex, High Volume Cataract Surgery Service
Authority: NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo provide Service Users diagnosed with a cataract in one or both eyes and potentially will require cataract surgery, meeting the Right Care selection criteria in addition to locally defined clinical criteria.
CPV: Health services · Optician services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The service needs are to ensure provision through Provider choice for Service Users…Awarded
The service needs are to ensure provision through Provider choice for Service Users requiring low complex cataract surgery as defined within the GIRFT cataract risk stratification
o Level 1 - routine, no risk factors:
o Level 2 - Having no more than 2 risk factors:
difficult access, deep-set eye, difficulty lying flat, anxious / jumpy patient, poor pupil dilation (no hooks/ring required), tamsulosin (alpha blockers), dense or mature cataract, shallow anterior chamber, vitrectomised eye, high myopia or high hypermetropia, >85yrs, guttate, multiple intravitreal injections.
The service is for high volume, low complex day case cataract surgery and associated pre-operative and post-operative services.
The Provider must follow the commissioned pathway as detailed on the LLR cataract pathway:
- in respect of pre-operative and pre-clinic attendance information and consent form provision,
- booking service users,
- pre-operative assessment, surgery and aftercare.
This notice is confirmation of award under the Direct Award B PSR process. This is an existing service for new providers.
This is an activity based service and payments will be made dependent on activity.
The service will be provided until the 31st of March 2026.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Sept 2025, 11:59 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Sept 2025, 11:59 BST
- Authority reference
Accr/DA-B/CataractSurg- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-052756- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059131Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.
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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The decision was made in line with the ICB's Scheme of Reservation and Delegation. No conflicts of interest were identified.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health & Eyecare Ltd | £1 † | — | Awarded |
| Leicestershire Consultant Eye Surgeons, T/A The Stoneygate Eye Hospital | £1 † | — | Awarded |
| Optegra UK Limited | £1 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 052756-2025-1 · Community Health & Eyecare Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2025
- Value
- £1
- Status
- active
Contract 052756-2025-2 · Leicestershire Consultant Eye Surgeons, T/A The Stoneygate Eye Hospital
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2025
- Value
- £1
- Status
- active
Contract 052756-2025-3 · Optegra UK Limited
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2025
- Value
- £1
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- Community Health and Eyecare LtdAwarded supplier
- Leicestershire Consultant Eye Surgeons, T/A The Stoneygate Eye HospitalAwarded supplier
- Optegra UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.