Official UK procurement notice
Supply of donated eye tissue used for corneal transplantation and other surgery. Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank Agreement
Authority: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is being created upon the urgency of procuring transplantable graft material for transplant surgery. Establishments must meet the UK, stringent Human Tissue Authority standards. In the UK, NHS Tissue and Eye Services usually provide routine graft to all service users within the UK. Regrettably, since February 2023, NHSBT no longer can provide Moorfields with routine graft material. We are requesting Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank which is also a HTA approved establishment to provide us with graft material in a backdrop of widespread tissue shortages.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Sept 2025, 18:02 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Sept 2025, 15:22 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-058197- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05981dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
This contract award is made under Regulation 41 of the Procurement Act 2023, which permits Direct Award without prior publication where competition is absent for technical reasons and no reasonable alternative exists.
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust requires the supply of human corneal tissue for transplant surgery. The number of suppliers worldwide able to meet the statutory and regulatory requirements of the UK Human Tissue Authority is extremely limited.
To safeguard continuity of clinical services and mitigate the risks of supply disruption inherent in donor tissue procurement, the Trust has adopted a dual-sourcing strategy, awarding contracts to more than one accredited provider. This contract is awarded to Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank, a provider capable of supplying suitable corneal tissue to the UK market in compliance with all relevant regulatory standards.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Sept 2025 → 30 Sept 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published19 Sept 2025, 15:22 BST
- Standstill ends393 days ago30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Sept 2025- Transparency notice published10 Sept 2025, 18:02 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published19 Sept 2025, 15:22 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Lions Eye BankRocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank Agreement1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2028 | £4,834,757 | 19 Sept 2025standstill to 30 Sept 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Rocky Mountain Lions Eye BankAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender