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Awarded· 31 Mar 2025

Optometry Practice Enhanced Service

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board · Derby, East Midlands

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board has awarded Optometry Practice Enhanced Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Derby.

Source: Find a Tender, published 25 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    UK6 - Contract Award Notice · 15:18

    View notice
  3. 2025

    Contract starts

  4. Next

    2028

    Contract ends

    3 years after it starts

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About this tender

In brief

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board has awarded Optometry Practice Enhanced Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Derby. It was awarded on 31 March 2025. The awarded value is £247,510. The contract runs from 30 September 2025 to 30 September 2028. It lasts 3 years.

It is run as a below threshold - unknown. Find a Tender published it on 25 September 2025. The notice number is 059843-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05a275.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board has completed a procurement process for the provision of an "Optometry Practice Enhanced Service" designed to deliver an enhanced range of optometric services within Derby and Derbyshire. The focus is on services extending beyond General Ophthalmic Services to cover conditions such as cataracts and low vision. This contract involves multiple small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and covers various opticians within the region.

The contract was awarded on 8th April 2025 and will run from 1st October 2025 to 30th September 2028, with a potential maximum extension up to 30th September 2030. This procurement process is below the threshold of significant value and follows a 'light touch' regime. This tender provides a strategic opportunity for local optometry practices, particularly SMEs, to expand their service offerings and reach within the primary care sector.

The engagement of diverse suppliers fosters a competitive environment, encouraging innovation and quality service delivery within the healthcare industry.

The notice in full

To provide a range of Optometric Enhanced Services within Derby and Derbyshire ICB that sit outside of GOS but identified at the point of examination. The services provided aim to retain patients in primary care, close to their homes and reduce the need for referral to secondary care.

Having had their sight test, or attended with a sight issue, patients are provided with an enhanced level of care for conditions on primary care pathways, such as Cataracts, Low Vision, Children's vision screening, telemedicine. Derby and Derbyshire based Optometry practices can provide some or all of these services and in accordance within their scope of clinical practice and individual service specifications.

Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.

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Key facts

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

Contract

Service
Other
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2028 (3 years)
Number of suppliers
80

Procedure

Notice type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procedure
Below threshold - unknown
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
SME

Not stated in the notice: procurement method.

Values

Awards value
£247,510

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

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Complete
Awards
Active

Not stated in the notice: contracts.

References

Find a Tender notice
059843-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a275
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board is based in Derby. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Derby
Town
Derby
Postcode
DE1 2FS
Electoral ward
Darley
Constituency
Derby South
Region
East Midlands
Sub-region
Derby
Area
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Country
England
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Buyer

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.

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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 Optometry Practice Enhanced Service

Who won the Optometry Practice Enhanced Service contract?

The award notice does not name the supplier. The full record is in the official notice linked on this page.

How much is the Optometry Practice Enhanced Service contract worth?

The awarded value is £247,510. The contract runs from 30 September 2025 to 30 September 2028 (3 years).

Who is the buyer for Optometry Practice Enhanced Service?

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board, based in Derby, East Midlands.

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