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# Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for Children and Young People

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/special-educational-setting-ses-sight-test-service-for-children-and-young-people-ocds-h6vhtk-06006d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Essex Integrated Care Board: "Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for Children and Young People". Published status: complete. Published Value: £570,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Essex Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-essex-integrated-care-board-nhs-d7t5g)
- **Published Value:** £570,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services, Health and social work services, Health services, Medical practice and related services, Medical practice services (+3 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £570,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06006d`

## Before you bid
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- **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/special-educational-setting-ses-sight-test-service-for-children-and-young-people-ocds-h6vhtk-06006d#tl-md)

## Description
This Corrigendum Notice is published to communicate that NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) have awarded an Integrator contract to deliver the Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for children and young people through local accredited optometry practices, following a Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. 
This notice supersedes the previous notice published on 27 January 2026 in relation to NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board's intention to award an Integrator contract to deliver the Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for children and young people through local accredited optometry practices, following a Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. 
Pursuant to the statutory changes effective from 1 April 2026, the commissioning responsibility for this service transferred from NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board to NHS Essex Integrated Care Board. Accordingly, the service constitutes an inherited commissioning arrangement arising directly from the organisational transition.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 85120000, 85121000, 85121200, 85140000, 85141000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime 2023 (PSR). The contract will be a block contract commencing 10 February 2026 - 9 February 2028. This is a new s...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for Children and Young People (active)
  - Award id: `007340-2026-1`
  - Supplier(s): **PRIMARY EYECARE SERVICES LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-06722353`
  - Value: £570,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for Children and Young People (active)
  - Signed Value: £570,000
  - Signed Date: 27/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030540-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-01T15:21:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T15:34:44.185Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06006d