Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 30 Apr 2025, 13:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Community Urgent Eyecare Services in St Helens, Knowsley, Warrington & Halton; Pre-Cataract and Glaucoma Referral Refinement Service in St Helens and Halton

Official notice

Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD61)

Awarded value£650,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 30 Jan 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Primary Eyecare Services

Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Provision of Community Urgent Eyecare Services in St Helens, Knowsley, Halton & Warrington. Provision of Glaucoma Referral Refinement Service & Pre-Cataract Operation Assessment Services in St Helens & Halton. The existing contract to deliver Community Urgent Eyecare Services in St Helens, Knowsley, Halton & Warrington and Glaucoma Referral Refinement Service & Pre-Cataract Operation Assessment Services in St Helens & Halton started on 1st April 2023 and expired on 31st March 2025 with an option to extend for 12 months.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1THIS IS A CONTRACT MODIFICATIONAwarded

THIS IS A CONTRACT MODIFICATION

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has approved a modification to a contract that was awarded under the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

The existing contract to deliver Community Urgent Eyecare Services in St Helens, Knowsley, Halton & Warrington and Glaucoma Referral Refinement Service & Pre-Cataract Operation Assessment Services in St Helens & Halton started on 1st April 2023 and expired on 31st March 2025 with an option to extend for 12 months.

This modification enacts the 12 month extension to the contract term, with the modified expiry date being 31st March 2026.

The original contract value was based on cost per case with an indicative value of £1,250,000 and the modification annual contract value is £650,000.

Delivery: North West · The services are available to patients registered with a GP Practice within St Helens, Halton, Knowsley and Warrington as appropriate to the commissioned services and are delivered from participating Community Optician premises across those localities.

Extensions: The original contract contained an option to extend for 12 months - there are no further options available.

85100000 Health services

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £650,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 30 Jan 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Primary Eyecare Services	£650,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Provision of Community Urgent Eyecare Services in St Helens, Knowsley, Warrington & Halton; Pre-Cataract and Glaucoma Referral Refinement Service in St Helens and Halton · Primary Eyecare Services
Signed
30 Jan 2025
Value
£650,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 30 Apr 2025, 13:49 BST
Last source update: 30 Apr 2025, 13:49 BST
Authority reference: 25-26-QYG-01X-AFW-CV04
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-018014
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: North West (UKD61)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050a3a Find 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally modified. On the 30th January 2025 Cheshire &Merseyside ICB - St Helens Place approved this decision and no conflicts of interests was declared.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QYG 1 Lakeside 920, Centre Park Square, Warrington, North West, WA1 1QYContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care BoardReview body Warrington

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Primary Eyecare Services LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 06722353 Waulk Mill [2.2], 51 Bengal Street, Manchester, North West, M4 6LN

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.