Official UK procurement notice
Visual Impairment Enablement/Support Services
Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThese services meet each Council's statutory requirements to maintain a register of people with a visual impairment and also provide a range of related reablement support services.
Please note that due to a technical issue with the Find a Tender platform, this notice was not able to be published at the required time. Subsequently, the contract start date within the notice has been set incorrectly in order for the platform to allow the notice to be published. The correct contract start date is 05/05/2026.
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
- Light touch regime
- 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
- 31 Mar 2026, 11:21 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Jun 2026, 13:53 BST
- Authority reference
DN812490- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060359- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0678c7Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
The current provider of these services, who was the same for each of the 3 Councils, gave notice on all contracts in February 2026.
There is unavoidable urgency as the Councils need to maintain provision of these services, of which some elements are a statutory requirement for each Council to provide and the elements that are not statutory are important as they support potentially vulnerable people.
Before notice was served to each Council, there were no financial or contractual issues or indications that would have enabled the Councils to foresee a need to procure new services.
The supply market for this type of service is very small and requires highly specialised capabilities. Due to this, the Councils have decided to award one contract across all three of their areas to ensure that a new provider is able to establish a sustainable service in the area.
The Councils have undertaken a rapid engagement with the supply market regionally and have taken a decision to award to a provider that the Councils consider to be able to establish a sustainable and effective service by the commencement date required.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published31 Mar 2026, 11:21 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published26 Jun 2026, 13:53 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected9 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BID ServicesSMEVCSE9 Jul 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 | £2,400,000 | 26 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Leicester City CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Rutland County CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BID SERVICESAwarded 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