Where Care Excellence Meets Business Success. Transform your operations today - 0333 577 0877
We are here to help 24/7.

Awarded· 15 Jul 2025

QHM-2025-7245 Primary Eyecare Services

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board · Sunderland, North East

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded QHM-2025-7245 Primary Eyecare Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sunderland.

Source: Find a Tender, published 13 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Primary Eyecare Services

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 09:00

    View notice
  3. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 12:32

    View notice
01

About this tender

In brief

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded QHM-2025-7245 Primary Eyecare Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sunderland. The contract went to Primary Eyecare Services. It was awarded on 15 July 2025.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 13 October 2025. The notice number is 064747-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05a2c5.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded the "QHM-2025-7245 Primary Eyecare Services" contract, focused on optician and optometry services, under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This contract, which follows the limited procurement method without prior publication of a call for competition, was formally awarded on 13 October 2025.

The contract commenced on 1 April 2025 and will conclude on 31 March 2026, with service activities carried out in the Sunderland region, UK. Although the contract value is unspecified as it is activity-based with no guaranteed minimum, the initial implied value is listed as £0.01.

Given the nature of the activity-based contracts, service efficiency and adherence to quality standards are pivotal for catering to the needs of the NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

The notice in full

Optometry Services

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    Optometry Services The relevant authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. The contract value is PS0.01 The contract value cannot be confirmed as the services are activity based contracts with no guaranteed contract value.

    Contract Start Date: 01/04/2025 Contract End Date: 31/03/2026 Although the contract start is 01/04/2025, the services have been delivered on an implied contract and contracts will be issued following the standstill period from the date of this notice.

02

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
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
Large

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
064747-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a2c5
CPV code
85160000 - Optician services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
03

Location

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board is based in Sunderland. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Sunderland
Town
Sunderland
Postcode
SR5 3XB
Electoral ward
Castle
Constituency
Washington and Gateshead South
Delivery area
North East (England)
Region
North East
Sub-region
Sunderland
Area
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Country
England
04

Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Address
Sunderland, SR5 3XB · North East · England

Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Primary Eyecare Services
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
05

Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
06

Questions about QHM-2025-7245 Primary Eyecare Services

Who won the QHM-2025-7245 Primary Eyecare Services contract?

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Primary Eyecare Services on 15 July 2025.

Who is the buyer for QHM-2025-7245 Primary Eyecare Services?

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, based in Sunderland, North East.

Get ready for the next round

Contracts like this come back. We help care providers build the evidence, policies and case studies a buyer scores, so you are ready when the re-tender opens.

What to do next

  1. This contract has been awarded.
  2. A re-tender usually follows near the end.
  3. Build your evidence and case studies now.
  4. Keep your policies and training records current.