Official UK procurement notice
Supply of donated eye tissue used for corneal transplantation and other surgery.
Authority: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply of donated eye tissue used for corneal transplantation and other surgery.
CPV: Surgical implants
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1At present the Eye bank orders human eye tissue from accredited external suppliers…Awarded
At present the Eye bank orders human eye tissue from accredited external suppliers whom consent, retrieve, process and transport material to the Moorfields Lions Eye Bank in accordance to national and international standards.
The Eye Bank assures all eye tissue products are procured to satisfy the expectations of both our service users and patients whilst in full compliance to applicable regulations and standards as prescribed by the Human Tissue Authority.
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
- Goods
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 May 2022, 14:51 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Jun 2022, 14:39 BST
- Authority reference
CA10494 - MS6514- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-015646- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033806Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Procurement of supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market
- Published justification
There is immense corneal tissue shortage both nationally and internationally. Despite the UK supplying us with limited tissues, they are not in a position to provide us with specialised tissues which can only be sourced from a Third Country supplier. Rocky Mountains Lions Eye Bank are currently on our licence for import.
Publisher note: There is immense corneal tissue shortage both nationally and internationally and this has been raised on Safeguard Corporate risk register. Despite the UK supplying us with limited tissues, they are not in a position to provide us with specialised tissues which can only be sourced from a Third Country supplier. Rocky Mountains Lions Eye Bank (RMLEB) is classified as a Third Country supplier and are currently on our licence for import.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank | £2,620,800 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank | £5,241,600 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Supply of donated eye tissue used for corneal transplantation and other surgery. · Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank
- Signed
- 7 Jun 2022
- Value
- £5,241,600
- Status
- active
Supply of donated eye tissue used for corneal transplantation and other surgery. · Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank
- Signed
- 16 May 2022
- Value
- £2,620,800
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court, Royal Courts of Justice, The StrandMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Rocky Mountain Lions Eye BankAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.