Official UK procurement notice
NHSWYICB - Enhanced Optical Services
Authority: NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement description1.Community Urgent Eyecare Service - to use the skills of primary care Optometrists to assess, manage and prioritise service users presenting with an urgent or minor eye condition.
2.Glaucoma Referral Refinement - to reduce false positive referrals to the hospital eye service reducing service user anxiety AND releasing capacity from the hospital glaucoma service enabling follow-up care including treatment to be provided AND monitored closer to home.
3.Complete Cataract Enhanced Pathway - an end-to-end pathway across primary and secondary care utilising the skills of primary care optometrists to confirm the presence of cataract, counsel the service user with the use of shared decision making and to refer on to the service users of surgical provider
CPV: Optician services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Contract Authority; NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded contracts…Awarded
The Contract Authority; NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded contracts under Direct Award Process B. The authority is publishing this notice in Find a Tender in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime. All providers meeting the requirements for service delivery have been offered contracts.
Contract period: 01/04/2025 - 30/09/2027 plus an option to extend to 30/09/2028
The contracts are of a zero-value nature, with there being no fixed or guaranteed income to a provider under contract. The lifetime value has therefore been defined to be under £1 million for the purpose of the ICB's financial scheme of delegation.
For the purpose of the notice, the contract has been awarded to the Health and Care Partnerships. The formal award has been made to 90+ incumbent providers that deliver the service across Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield.
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
- 9 Jan 2026, 11:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Jan 2026, 11:24 GMT
- Authority reference
NHSWYICBEOS2526- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001757- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06028fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
The Contract Authority; NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board intends to award a contract under Direct Award Process B. The authority is publishing this notice in Find a Tender in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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. Decision Maker: Head of Partner Relationship Management. Assistant Director of Contracting There were no conflicts of interests declared.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield District Health and Care PartnershipSME | — | — | Awarded |
| Bradford District and Craven Health and Care PartnershipSME | — | — | Awarded |
| Leeds Health & Care PartnershipSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
NHSWYICB - Enhanced Optical Services · Wakefield District Health and Care PartnershipSME
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
NHSWYICB - Enhanced Optical Services · Bradford District and Craven Health and Care PartnershipSME
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
NHSWYICB - Enhanced Optical Services · Leeds Health & Care PartnershipSME
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Contract Authority; NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded contracts… | 3bids | — | — | £0 – £1 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £0 – £1 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement PanelMediation body
- WYICB PSR Review PanelReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- Bradford District and Craven Health and Care PartnershipAwarded supplier
- Leeds Health & Care PartnershipAwarded supplier
- Wakefield District Health and Care PartnershipAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.