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Published 11 Sept 2026, 15:09 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

QHM-2026-9249 GPwSI - Community Ophthalmology Service

NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
NHS & Healthcare
services
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
GPA Covered: {"GPA"}
Health and social work services
North East (UKC)
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
complete
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD: "QHM-2026-9249 GPwSI - Community Ophthalmology Service". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

Official Requirement Description:

GPwSI Service (Community Ophthalmology)

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    GPwSI Service (Community Ophthalmology) The relevant authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. The contract value is £70,799.23. The contract value cannot be confirmed as the services carried out within this contract are ad hoc. Contract Start Date: 1/4/2026 Contract End Date: 31/3/2027 Although the contract start is 01/04/2026, the services have been delivered on an implied contract.
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.: 100
The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.: 100
Published as relative weighting ratio, not percentage points.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS)Holds 43.1% of historical attributable spend
Moderate Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    1.2%Moderate
    Based on 4 comparable awards · moderate evidence
    Competition Density
    1Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 98.3%
    Supplier Concentration
    Moderate Concentration
    North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS)Top vendor: 43.1% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £175,707,404Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 440 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £0Robust (n=440)
    Middle 50% of awards: £0 – £17,887 · 0% of the sector median for CPV 85
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (440 active published awards)
    Coverage: 440 active published awards; 420 bid reports (which may be per lot); 440 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS)1 win£75,730,850No published budget
    South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust4 wins£36,197,628No published budget
    Cumbria Health339 wins£35,230,710No published budget
    EVERYTURN SERVICES LTD2 wins£3,984,5600% (at budget)
    REFERRAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED1 win£2,954,500No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 85 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 11 Sept 2026, 16:10 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 471 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    1reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 24,213 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~54 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 640 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    ATOS IT SERVICES UK LIMITEDCRN: 01245534
    		13 contracts£12,096,084,526At ceiling / not disclosed
    Eville and Jones (GB) LimitedCRN: PHXH-2391-YMLX
    		59 contracts£9,613,913,059At ceiling / not disclosed
    West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RGR
    		13 contracts£5,537,708,775At ceiling / not disclosed
    Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
    		11 contracts£3,595,302,069At ceiling / not disclosed
    Barts Health NHS TrustCRN: N/A – NHS Trust
    		16 contracts£3,453,013,003At ceiling / not disclosed
    UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCRN: RRV
    		16 contracts£2,933,363,592At ceiling / not disclosed
    MAXIMUS UK SERVICES LIMITEDCRN: 09072343
    		39 contracts£2,893,246,280At ceiling / not disclosed
    Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RJ128
    		6 contracts£2,711,962,948At ceiling / not disclosed
    Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustCRN: RBN
    		17 contracts£2,505,604,267At ceiling / not disclosed
    Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustCRN: Y61
    		15 contracts£2,375,960,101At ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    "Carlisle Healthcare/Cumbria Medical Services- GPwSI ServiceNHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · 11 Sept 2026, 12:24 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    same authority
    same region
    GPwSI - Vasectomy ServiceNHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · 11 Sept 2026, 12:02 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    same authority
    same region
    QHM-2026-5521 Diagnostic Services - Direct Access Magnetic Resonance ImagingNHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · 11 Sept 2026, 14:47 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    same authority
    same region
    QHM-2026-6658NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · 11 Sept 2026, 11:59 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    same authority
    same region
    QHM-2026-9896NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · 11 Sept 2026, 13:39 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    same authority
    same region
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionLegal basis
    CELEX · 32014L0024
    		Procurement categoryservices
    Notice statuscompleteProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO covered{"GPA"}
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published11 Sept 2026, 15:09 BSTLast source update11 Sept 2026, 15:09 BST
    Classification (CPV)Health and social work services
    Delivery area
    North East (UKC)
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f859
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      11 Sept 2026, 15:09 BST
    2. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    3. Contract active
      Signed 1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · £70,779

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (1)
    Cumbria Health
    Not published · Not published · active · lots 1
    Contracts (1)
    QHM-2026-9249 GPwSI - Community Ophthalmology Service
    £70,779 · signed 1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · active
    Bid statistics
    bids: 1 (lot 1)
    Bidding dynamics & published budget outcome
    Total bids received: 1
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      11 Sept 2026, 15:09 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    2 participating organisations

    NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

    Contracting authority
    NHS & Healthcare
    GB-COH-QHM
    View buyer profile →
    Other participating organisations & roles (2)

    Official Documents & Specifications (0)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    No data
    No linked documents are published
    Procedure justification & pre-market engagement
    Official Statement
    Procedure rationale (direct award / limited competition)This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 and the Procurement Regulations 2024 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on 23/09/2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. A contract will not be awarded until after the 9th working day following standstill.