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# Optometric Enhanced Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/optometric-enhanced-services-ocds-h6vhtk-029ad8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group: "Optometric Enhanced Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/somerset-clinical-commissioning-group-GB-FTS-8502)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Medical practice and related services, Optician services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,625,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029ad8`

## 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/optometric-enhanced-services-ocds-h6vhtk-029ad8#tl-md)

## Description
The contracts currently awarded to optometric providers for provision of three commissioned enhanced services, expire on 31 March 2021.  The Commissioner intends to directly award contracts to the 30 existing providers across Somerset, to continue the delivery of these services for a period of 36 months to 31st March 2024.  
In support of the CCG's Recovery Plan, a Health and Care Strategy, 'Fit For My Future', has been developed will determine the services required in the future.  The strategy is focused on putting national policy into practice and will inform the delivery models of the future to ensuring local services are financially stable, are of high quality and improve the health and wellbeing of the population.  
The indicative Annual Contract value which is split across 30 separate Optometry Providers (36 practice sites) within the boundaries of Somerset is circa £500,000 per annum.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85120000, 85160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** The contracts currently awarded to 30 optometric providers across Somerset provide the following Optometric Enhanced Services:
•	Acute Community Eye Care
•	Intra-Ocular Pressure Referral Refinement Service
•	Ocular Hypertension Monitoring Service
The...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Optometric Enhanced Services (active)
  - Award id: `004967-2021-SCCG - OPTOMETRIC LES-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Somerset Optometry Practices**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-8503`
  - Value: £1,625,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Optometric Enhanced Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,625,000
  - Signed Date: 10/03/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004967-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-11T15:57:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T09:59:27.867Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029ad8