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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Lathe for Contact Lenses

MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 22:36.

Opportunity overview

The contact Lens service at Moorfields Eye Hospital is the largest hospital based medical contact lens service in the UK. 15,000 patients attend the contact lens service on an annual basis for medically necessary contact lenses. The contact lens manufacturing lab produced 2500 rigid gas permeable contact lenses and approximately 500 scleral lenses per annum, which provides our patients with sight correction that they would not have through any other means of correction. The quality of life impact on these patients is huge. The new lathe will allow a greater number of lens options to be manufactured in house thus reducing our external spend with other contact lens manufacturers thus offering not only excellent patient outcomes but cost efficiencies for the Trust.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

DAC International, Inc.

No match
Published award value
£362k
Awarded
11 Mar 2025
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PDRC-1659-DNPP
Location
Carpinteria, US, 93013, United States

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04ea7d
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
This contract award is made under Regulation 41 of the Procurement Act 2023, which permits Direct Award without prior publication. The justification is based on an absence of competition for technical reasons, and there are no reasonable alternatives. The solution from the winning supplier is the only available replacement to meet Moorfields' in-house production needs. With a 5mm excursion for complex designs, a side probe for precise alignment & space for all lens sizes, a laser engraver, edge-finishing tool, smart channel cutting for BostonSight scleral lenses & customised software to streamline production & minimise errors, it reduces reliance on external manufacturers.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PTPP-1281-DTGJ
Name
MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI43
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC1V 2PD
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
162 City Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PTPP-1281-DTGJ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PDRC-1659-DNPP
Name
DAC International, Inc.

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
US
Country
US
Locality
Carpinteria
Postal Code
93013
Country Name
United States
Street Address
6390 Rose Lane

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
PDRC-1659-DNPP
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
11 Mar 2025, 00:00
Title
Lathe for Contact Lenses
Status
pending
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 9
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 10
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 11
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 12
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 13
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 14
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 15
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 16
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 17
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 18
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
42620000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Lathes, boring and milling machine tools

Value

Amount
362,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
434,400

Documents

Entry 1
Id
008339-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
7 Mar 2025, 12:29
Entry 2
Id
008808-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
11 Mar 2025, 16:19

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PDRC-1659-DNPP
Name
DAC International, Inc.

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
22 Mar 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
22 Mar 2028, 23:59
Starts
23 Mar 2025, 00:00

Standstill Period

Ends
21 Mar 2025, 23:59

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI43 · EC1V 2PD · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04ea7d-2025-03-11T16:19:26ZTransparency notice on Find a Tender ·