Awarded· 14 Feb 2025
Low Vision Aids
NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board · Dorset, South West
NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board has awarded Low Vision Aids. It is a contract for other health and social care in Dorset.
Source: Find a Tender, published 18 Mar 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Ian Underwood
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 09:46
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 13:46
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board has awarded Low Vision Aids. It is a contract for other health and social care in Dorset. The contract went to Ian Underwood. It was awarded on 14 February 2025.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 18 March 2025. The notice number is 009907-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04e998.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board has completed the procurement process for the provision of Low Vision Aid services under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The process, utilising a direct award under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Process C, was conducted without prior publication of a call for competition.
This contract, classified under the CPV code 85160000 (Optician services), will run from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026. The contract is an activity-based arrangement with payments made per the Local Prices schedule. The formal award took place on 14th February 2025, and the services will be delivered within the UKK2 region.
Providers adept at delivering activity-based services will find this contract beneficial due to the structured pricing per activity. SMEs in the healthcare sector, like Ian Underwood Ltd, which was awarded this contract, are particularly well-suited to benefit from this opportunity.
The notice in full
The organisation intends to award this contract to an existing provider, following Provider Selection Regime (PSR) direct award process C. The services to be provided under this contract are Low Vision Aid services. The contract will run between 01 April 2025, and 31 March 2026.
This contract is an activity based contract, with no set annual contract value, and the provider will be paid set prices per activity carried out as per the Local Prices schedule of the contract.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Ian Underwood
- 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
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 009907-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e998
- CPV code
- 85160000 - Optician services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Town
- Dorchester
- Postcode
- DT1 1TG
- Electoral ward
- Dorchester West
- Constituency
- West Dorset
- Delivery area
- Dorset and Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Sub-region
- Dorset
- Area
- North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Dorchester, DT1 1TG · South West · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Ian Underwood
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Low Vision Aids
Who won the Low Vision Aids contract?
NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Ian Underwood on 14 February 2025.
Who is the buyer for Low Vision Aids?
NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board, based in Dorset, South West.
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