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Visual Impairment Service (Adults) for South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 07:21.

Opportunity overview

The Visual Impairment Service is to support visually impaired people to live independently in their own homes in South Gloucestershire over 18 years of age. Providing a 'one stop shop service' to people and their carers, which delivers early access to the expert support and advice they need, to enable them to come to terms with the loss of their sight including rehabilitation services and ongoing support. The Visual Impairment Service will operate in accordance with the principles and duties set out in the Care Act 2014, including the promotion of wellbeing, prevention, independence, choice, and control. The service will work in a strengths based, person centred manner and ensure that people with sight loss receive timely, proportionate and outcome focused support. The service will be free at the point of entry. Due to the complex nature of sight loss rehabilitation, service delivery must be carried out by qualified, accredited specialists with appropriate experience, technical capability and local knowledge. Market knowledge within South Gloucestershire indicates only one provider can meet these requirements that works within the Local Authority area and delivers the services required.

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.

Sight Support West of England

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£685k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
28 Apr 2026
Including VAT
£822k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-CHC 1178384
Location
Devizes, UKK15, SN10 2AT, United Kingdom

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
DN810361
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
South Gloucestershire Council is responsible for providing statutory and preventative support to individuals with Visual impairments (adults), requiring: • Rehabilitation services • Orientation and mobility training • Assistive technology intervention • Highly specialised professional expertise • Maintaining and administering is Visual Impairment and Deafblind Registers Due to the complex nature of sight loss rehabilitation, service delivery must be carried out by qualified, accredited specialists with appropriate experience, technical capability and local knowledge. Market knowledge within South Gloucestershire indicates only one provider can meet these requirements that works within the Local Authority area and delivers the services required.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
South Gloucestershire Council
Id
GB-PPON-PCMC-1241-BLJQ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PCMC-1241-BLJQ

Address

Street Address
Badminton Road Offices
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS37 5AF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK12

Contact

Name
Joe Cleary
Telephone
01454865545

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Sight Support West of England
Id
GB-CHC-1178384

Identifier

Scheme
GB-CHC
Id
1178384

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PQPQ-9743-XGYY

Address

Street Address
St Lucy's Sight Centre, Browfort, Bath Road
Locality
Devizes
Postal Code
SN10 2AT
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK15

Contact

Telephone
01173224885

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
Yes
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
98000000
Description
Other community, social and personal services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKK12
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-CHC-1178384
Name
Sight Support West of England

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Visual Impairment Service (Adults) for South Gloucestershire
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
29 Apr 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
29 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Contract can be extended by a further 24 months from the initial period.

Options

Description
The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid. Within the contract we are able to include additional purchases to meet the requirements of the service specification and the defined population in South Gloucestershire with appropriate internal governance.

Value

Including VAT
822,000
Amount
685,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
042570-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
8 May 2026, 14:31
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bristol · UKK12 · BS37 5AF · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 026076-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 030708-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 042570-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·