Awarded· 7 Apr 2025
Community Urgent & Minor Eye Service
NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board · Derby, East Midlands
NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board has awarded Community Urgent & Minor Eye Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Derby.
Source: Find a Tender, published 18 Dec 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Primary Eyecare Services
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 09:26
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 15:15
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board has awarded Community Urgent & Minor Eye Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Derby. The contract went to Primary Eyecare Services. It was awarded on 7 April 2025. The contract value is £670,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 18 December 2025. The notice number is 084516-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05a87f.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement for the "Community Urgent & Minor Eye Service" has been conducted by the NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board, focusing on health services (CPV: 85100000) within Derby and Derbyshire, UK. This procurement is in the 'Award' stage, with the contract having been formally awarded on 1st November 2025, and services commencing on the same day for an initial period of 18 months.
The procurement used a direct award procedure under the Health Care Services Provider Selection Regime Regulations 2023, which exempts it from the Procurement Act Regulations 2023. The contract is valued at £670,000 and is intended to provide urgent and minor eye care services through community optometry, reducing the need for hospital visits. The procurement method suggests a favourable environment for existing providers, noted for already fulfilling the service requirements effectively.
Companies focusing on healthcare innovation, integration, social value, and improving access to care, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) like Primary Eyecare Services, are well-suited to compete for similar contracts in future competitive procurement processes planned after March 2027.
The notice in full
The Community Urgent & Minor Eye Service is delivered by Community Optometry for patients presenting with acute eye problems and is designed to provide both urgent and routine access, treatment or referral as required. Aims to provide care closer to home for patients, reducing the need to attend A&E or Hospital Eye Service.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The service is for people of all ages. Children under 16 years must be accompanied at their appointment by an adult. Services include:
- Red eye(s) or eyelid(s)
- Dry, gritty or uncomfortable eye(s)
- Eye irritation and inflammation
- Recent discharge from the eye(s) or watery eye(s)
- Recently occurring flashes or floaters
- Painful eye(s)
- In-growing eyelashes
- Recent and sudden loss of vision
- Foreign body in the eye / emergency contact lens removal Treatment for the above and onward referral as required.
NHS Derby & Derbyshire ICB are intending to award the contract to the existing provider following Direct Award Process C. The approximate activity will be 13000 consultations. This is an existing service intended to award to an existing provider for 31 March 2027 to enable a competitive procurement process to be undertaken in the future.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Primary Eyecare Services
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £670,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 084516-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a87f
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services; 85160000 - Optician services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Derby
- Town
- Derby
- Postcode
- DE1 2FS
- Electoral ward
- Darley
- Constituency
- Derby South
- Delivery area
- Derby
- Region
- East Midlands
- Sub-region
- Derby
- Area
- Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Derby, DE1 2FS · East Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Primary Eyecare Services
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Community Urgent & Minor Eye Service
Who won the Community Urgent & Minor Eye Service contract?
NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Primary Eyecare Services on 7 April 2025.
How much is the Community Urgent & Minor Eye Service contract worth?
The contract value is £670,000.
Who is the buyer for Community Urgent & Minor Eye Service?
NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board, based in Derby, East Midlands.
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