Awarded· 15 Jul 2025
QHM-2025-9600 Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board · Sunderland, North East
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded QHM-2025-9600 Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sunderland.
Source: Find a Tender, published 28 Aug 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Boots
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 17:58
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 14:10
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About this tender
In brief
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded QHM-2025-9600 Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sunderland. The contract went to Boots. It was awarded on 15 July 2025. The contract value is £5,834.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 28 August 2025. The notice number is 052064-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0580dd.
Summary of the contracting process
The public procurement process, initiated by NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, pertains to the provision of optometry services. The contract, titled "QHM-2025-9600 Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited," falls under the industry category of optician services and spans multiple regions in the United Kingdom including the UKC, UKD, and UKE, among others.
The contract has undergone a direct award process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, starting from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. The procurement method was limited, with an award procedure conducted without prior publication. The key decision, which involved a standstill period ending on 15 August 2025, concluded with the formal award announcement on 28 August 2025.
Potential suppliers with a strong capability profile focused on quality and cost efficiencies are suitable candidates for future similar tenders.
The notice in full
Optometry Services
Lots (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 PS5834.
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.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Boots
- 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
- Contracts value
- £5,834
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
- 052064-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0580dd
- CPV code
- 85160000 - Optician services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Town
- Sunderland
- Postcode
- SR5 3XB
- Electoral ward
- Castle
- Constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South
- Delivery area
- North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
- Region
- North East
- Sub-region
- Sunderland
- Area
- Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Country
- England
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
- Boots
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about QHM-2025-9600 Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited
Who won the QHM-2025-9600 Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited contract?
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Boots on 15 July 2025.
How much is the QHM-2025-9600 Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited contract worth?
The contract value is £5,834.
Who is the buyer for QHM-2025-9600 Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited?
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, based in Sunderland, North East.
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