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Coming up· published 11 Jul 2025

Adult Sight Loss and Visual Impairment Support Service

The City of Edinburgh Council · City of Edinburgh, Scotland

The City of Edinburgh Council is planning Adult Sight Loss and Visual Impairment Support Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in City of Edinburgh.

Source: Public Contracts Scotland, published 11 Jul 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Pipeline notice published

    PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice · 00:00

    View notice
  2. 2025

    Tender notice expected

    Date given in the buyer's earlier notice

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About this tender

In brief

The City of Edinburgh Council is planning Adult Sight Loss and Visual Impairment Support Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in City of Edinburgh. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.

Public Contracts Scotland published it on 11 July 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-r6ebe6-0000804211. Bids are made through the buyer's Public Contracts Scotland portal.

Summary of the contracting process

The City of Edinburgh Council, acting through the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership (EHSCP), is in the planning stage to tender a contract for an Adult Sight Loss and Visual Impairment Support Service. The procurement process, which falls under the service category, is primarily geared towards providing rehabilitation, mobility services, and eye clinic support for individuals with visual impairments in Edinburgh.

The procurement is currently marked as "planned" with a projected tender advertisement in the last quarter of 2025 and an anticipated contract start date in April 2026. The contract is expected to last until at least April 2031, with potential extensions, contingent on funding. Interested parties should submit their notes of interest and complete the attached questionnaire by 12 noon on 25 July 2025.

About this tender

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to advise the market that the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership (EHSCP), through the City of Edinburgh Council, intend to tender a contract to appoint a Provider to deliver an Adult Sight Loss and Visual Impairment Support Service; and to seek notes of interest from suitably qualified/ experienced potential providers.

Further details about the requirement are included in the attached PIN.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Planned

    The EHSCP intend to tender a contract to appoint a suitably qualified Provider with the expertise, capability and capacity to: A) Deliver a Sight loss and Vision Impairment Rehabilitation and Mobility Service. B) Deliver an eye clinic support service.

    C) Supply equipment post assessment which includes identifying beneficial assistive daily living aids, such as symbol canes and mobility items, lighting and glare control, kitchen tools, time devices, digital devices as well as reading and transcript tools like magnifiers. Provision consists of a limited range of equipment on behalf of EHSCP; and advice is provided on self-purchase of equipment. D) Administration of the Statutory Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI).

    E) CVI register retention. F) Connect people to other services and support. It is anticipated that: - the tender opportunity will be advertised during the last quarter of 2025.

    Tender Evaluation will include submission of a formal written bid via Public Contracts Scotland. - the new contract will begin in April 2026 and that it will run until at least April 2031 with optional extensions, subject to the availability of a complex funding package. Further details about the requirement are included in the attached PIN..

    If you wish to note interest in this contract opportunity, please indicate so on Public Contract Scotland and complete the attached brief questionnaire and email it to kat.mcclory@edinburgh.gov.uk by 12 noon on Friday 25 July 2025.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1

Procedure

Notice type
PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice
Current stage
Planning
Stages so far
Planning
Published on
Public Contracts Scotland

Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.

Values

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.

Status

Tender
Planned
Lots
Planned

Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.

References

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000804211
CPV code
85000000 - Health and social work services; 85100000 - Health services; 85121281 - Ophthalmologist services; 85323000 - Community health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

The City of Edinburgh Council is based in City of Edinburgh. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
City of Edinburgh
Town
Edinburgh
Postcode
EH8 8BG
Electoral ward
City Centre
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Delivery area
City of Edinburgh
Region
Scotland
Sub-region
City of Edinburgh
Area
East Central Scotland
Country
Scotland
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Buyer

Contracting authority

Organisation
The City of Edinburgh Council
Category
Services
Contact
Hannah Boutiche
Phone
+44 1314693922
Address
Edinburgh, EH8 8BG · Scotland · Scotland
Call +44 1314693922
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about Adult Sight Loss and Visual Impairment Support Service

When will the Adult Sight Loss and Visual Impairment Support Service tender open?

The City of Edinburgh Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.

Who is the buyer for Adult Sight Loss and Visual Impairment Support Service?

The City of Edinburgh Council, based in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The named contact is Hannah Boutiche, on +44 1314693922.

How do I bid for Adult Sight Loss and Visual Impairment Support Service?

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What to do next

  1. Read the early notice in full.
  2. Answer any market engagement questions.
  3. Gather your evidence and case studies now.
  4. Check your policies are up to date.
  5. Watch for the tender notice.