Official UK procurement notice
Community Urgent Eye Care Services - East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull
Authority: NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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 publishedLot #1Awarded
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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067783Find 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 TenderPublished 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| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Eyecare (North Yorkshire and Humber) LimitedSME | £1,240,800 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 028962-2026-1 · Primary Eyecare (North Yorkshire and Humber) LimitedSME
- Signed
- 29 Mar 2026
- Value
- £1,240,800
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement PanelReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Primary Eyecare (North Yorkshire and Humber) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.