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Low Vision Aid Service

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 14:14.

Opportunity overview

Low vision services: The aim of the service is to enable people with loss of vision to regain or maintain as much independence and autonomy as possible. The overall objective is to enable people with sight loss to make maximum and best use of their remaining eyesight and visual function.

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.

Prince and Bates Optician

Match pending…
Contract value
£6.6k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
2 Dec 2025
Award ID
082674-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-NHS T1F0
Location
Staffordshire, UKG24, DE14 1BH, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85160000 — Optician services

Lots

  • The service offers additional support to patients who have accessed Ophthalmology and require some additional support with low vision aids, to patients with non-complex needs that can be assessed and supported with the necessary aids in a community setting. The ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C, where the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract, and the contract is not changing considerably. Anticipated spend is activity based. The contract for 2024/25 was capped at a contract value of £6,600 for 15 months. Actual expenditure for full year 2024/25 (04/24 - 03/25) was £2,038. Based on this, this award is for the period 01/01/26 - 31/03/27 (15 months) bringing the anticipated lifetime, maximum value of the contract to c.£6,600Value not stated

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
CMT-1209
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
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 the 24th of December 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85160000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Optician services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
The service offers additional support to patients who have accessed Ophthalmology and require some additional support with low vision aids, to patients with non-complex needs that can be assessed and supported with the necessary aids in a community setting. The ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C, where the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract, and the contract is not changing considerably. Anticipated spend is activity based. The contract for 2024/25 was capped at a contract value of £6,600 for 15 months. Actual expenditure for full year 2024/25 (04/24 - 03/25) was £2,038. Based on this, this award is for the period 01/01/26 - 31/03/27 (15 months) bringing the anticipated lifetime, maximum value of the contract to c.£6,600

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
the existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
Type
cost
Description
100

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG24

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-NHS-QNC000
Name
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKG24
Locality
Stoke-on-Trent
Postal Code
ST1 4FA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
One Smithfield, Leonard Coates Way

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
07
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Health

Identifier

Id
QNC000
Scheme
GB-NHS
Legal Name
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

Contact

Name
Emma Hardman
Organisation 2
Id
GB-NHS-T1F0
Name
Prince and Bates Optician

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKG24
Locality
Staffordshire
Postal Code
DE14 1BH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
193 Station Street, Burton-on-Trent

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Id
T1F0
Scheme
GB-NHS
Legal Name
Prince and Bates Optician
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-169149
Name
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrate Care Board

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Stoke-on-Trent
Postal Code
ST1 4FA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
One Smithfield, Leonard Coates Way

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrate Care Board

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
082674-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-NHS-T1F0
Name
Prince and Bates Optician

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
082674-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
082674-2025-1
Date Signed
2 Dec 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
6,600
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Stoke-on-Trent · UKG24 · ST1 4FA · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG24

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05f537-2025-12-12T16:54:19Zcompiled ·