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Published 30 Mar 2026, 11:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Community Urgent Eye Care Services - East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull

Official notice

Authority: NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£1,240,800published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Primary Eyecare (North Yorkshire and Humber) Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Community Urgent Eyecare Service will provide timely access to care in a community setting for patients in East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull who have urgent or minor eye conditions. The service will assess and manage patients with recent and significant changes or the onset of such changes in eye conditions based on the following presenting conditions:

  • Dry eye (lasting longer than 2 weeks after seeing a pharmacist and trying home treatments)
  • Red eye with pain
  • Photophobia
  • Painful eye
  • Flashes and new floaters
  • Blurry vision
  • Diplopia
  • Distorted vision
  • Sudden loss of vision in one or both eyes
  • Symptomatic field loss
  • Flashes and floaters
  • In growing eyelash(es)
  • Non-penetrating foreign body

The service will also provide Glaucoma Repeat Testing services.

The service will be delivered through local optometry practices and supported by independent prescribing optometrists.

CPV: Optician services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Extensions: Contract contains an option to extend by one (1) year until 31/03/2029.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
30 Mar 2026, 11:10 BST
Last source update
15 Apr 2026, 08:31 BST
Authority reference
C434188
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-033973
Classification (CPV)
Optician services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067783 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 23:59hrs on 14 April 2026.

This contract has not yet formally been awarded. This notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 23:59hrs 14 April 2026. Provider representations in relation to this intention to award notice should be submitted in writing to hnyicb.procurement@nhs.net This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. The contract award was approved by Chief Operating Officer (Acting) and the Deputy Director of Finance and Investment. No conflicts of interest have been declared in relation to the contract award. The criteria applied to this intention to award was: Basic Selection Criteria - Mandatory and Discretionary Grounds - Technical and professional ability Key Criteria Quality and Innovation - 25% Criterion weighting demonstrates the purpose of the service - delivering safe, effective, patient centred care with the ability to adapt and improve. Value - 25% Criterion weighting captures efficiency and cost effectiveness, while ensuring assessments do not become cost driven. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability - 20% Criterion weighting reflects the needs effective collaboration within the wider health and care system is essential for seamless pathways and long term sustainability. Improving Access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice - 20% Criterion recognises the need for equitable access, addressing local health inequalities, and ensuring the service is configured around population needs. This weighting ensures providers who contribute to reducing inequalities are appropriately recognised. Social Value - 10% Social Value is weighted at the required minimum standard and ensure providers contribute to local economic, social and environmental wellbeing, while maintaining focus on core service outcomes. NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB has conducted an assessment of the Provider against the stated Basic Selection Criteria and Key Criteria and considers that the existing provider is satisfying its current existing contract, will likely satisfy the new contract to a sufficient standard, and the proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably.

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
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—TextVI.3—This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. • Contract term - 15/04…

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,240,8001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Primary Eyecare (North Yorkshire and Humber) LimitedSME£1,240,800 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS HUMBER AND NORTH YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QOQ Health House, Grange Park Lane, Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire & Humber, HU106DTContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement PanelReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.