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# NHS Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhs-southport-formby-ccg-and-south-sefton-ccg-optometry-first-first-contact-practitioner-s-ocds-h6vhtk-02e24a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS South Sefton CCG: "NHS Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,342,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS South Sefton CCG](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-south-sefton-ccg-GB-FTS-28716)
- **Published Value:** £2,342,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Optician services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD73
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,500,237 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02e24a`

## 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/nhs-southport-formby-ccg-and-south-sefton-ccg-optometry-first-first-contact-practitioner-s-ocds-h6vhtk-02e24a#tl-md)

## Description
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is supporting NHS Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG who are the Contracting Authority for this opportunity. The CCGs are also working in partnership with NHS West Lancashire CCG and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust.  The Contracting Authority wishes to award a contract for an Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Service for patients in the CCG area.
The Contracting Authority wishes to award a 3-year contract with the option to extend for a further 1 x 1-year period.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The Authority is awarding a contract to a Prime Contractor who will manage a range of Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Services. The services are designed to provide safe, integrated, and sustainable system-wide clinical care pathways to ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** NHS Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Services (active)
  - Award id: `016004-2022-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Primary Eye Care Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-06722353`
  - Value: £1,500,237 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** NHS Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,237
  - Signed Date: 30/11/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016004-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-06-10T12:43:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:55:58.686Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02e24a