Official UK procurement notice
Venice Eye Bank Foundation Agreement
Authority: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is being created upon the urgency of procuring transplantable graft material for transplant surgery. Establishments must meet the UK, stringent Human Tissue Authority standards. In the UK, NHS Tissue and Eye Services usually provide routine graft to all service users within the UK. Regrettably, since February 2023, NHSBT no longer can provide Moorfields with routine graft material. We are requesting VEB which is also a HTA approved establishment to provide us with further graft material in a backdrop of widespread tissue shortages.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- 5 Jun 2025, 11:04 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Jun 2025, 11:08 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030147- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054357Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
This contract award is made under Regulation 41 of the Procurement Act 2023, which permits Direct Award without prior publication. The justification is based on an absence of competition for technical reasons, and there are no reasonable alternatives.
Establishments must meet UK Human Tissue Authority standards. We request VEB, an HTA-approved provider, for grafts amid widespread shortages.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
5 Jun 2025 → 16 Jun 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published5 Jun 2025, 11:08 BST
- Standstill ends16 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Jun 2025- Transparency notice published5 Jun 2025, 11:04 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published5 Jun 2025, 11:08 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected17 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondazione Banca degli Occhi del Veneto ETSVCSE17 Jun 2025 – 31 May 2028 | £473,000 | 5 Jun 2025standstill to 16 Jun 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Fondazione Banca degli Occhi del Veneto ETSAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender