✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 16 Oct 2026, 12:57.
Opportunity overview
To provide a high quality community based non-complex post-op cataract service (second eye) for all patients aged 18 years or over. The service will reduce the number of review attendances at hospital eye services, creating capacity at overstretched out-patient clinics.
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Scope, procedure and submissions
Id
QHM-2025-57749
Main Procurement Category
services
Legal basis
Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX
Classification
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services
Amendments
Entry 1
Id
1
Description
Contract Start Date: 01/04/2026
Contract End Date: 31/03/2027
Contract Value: £4,027
Chief Operating Officer
Director of Commissioning Neighbourhood South
Director of Commissioning Neighbourhood
Director of Commissioning Neighbourhood Central
Medical Director
Director of Population Health
Director of Policy and Stakeholder Affairs
Director of Finance Neighbourhood Health
Chief Medical Officer
Director of Medicines and Pharmacy Director of Commissioning Neighbourhood
Newcastle Gateshead and GPOD
Buyer, suppliers and contacts
Organisation 1
Name
NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Id
GB-NHS-QHM
Identifier
Legal Name
NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Id
QHM
Scheme
GB-NHS
Address
Street Address
PEMBERTON HOUSE COLIMA AVENUE SUNDERLAND ENTERPRISE PARK
2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
2 VERSIONS
1
087211-2026award, contract ·
2
097828-2026tenderUpdate ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board seeks a community-based, non-complex post-operative cataract service for second-eye patients aged 18 and over. The stated aim is to reduce hospital eye-service review attendances and outpatient-clinic pressure. The notice is marked open, but also states an award procedure without prior competition.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for providers able to deliver the explicitly described community-based post-operative cataract service. Specific clinical, workforce, regulatory, geographic and commercial eligibility requirements are not supplied.
Key points identified
Service scopeProvide a high quality community based non-complex post-op cataract service for second-eye patients.Evidence: "To provide a high quality community based non-complex post-op cataract service (second eye)"
Patient eligibilityPatients aged 18 years or over.Evidence: "for all patients aged 18 years or over"
Intended outcomeReduce hospital eye-service review attendances and create outpatient-clinic capacity.Evidence: "The service will reduce the number of review attendances at hospital eye services, creating capacity at overstretched out-patient clinics."
84% approved-analysis confidence6 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board seeks a community-based, non-complex post-operative cataract service for second-eye patients aged 18 and over. The stated aim is to reduce hospital eye-service review attendances and outpatient-clinic pressure. The notice is marked open, but also states an award procedure without prior competition.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for providers able to deliver the explicitly described community-based post-operative cataract service. Specific clinical, workforce, regulatory, geographic and commercial eligibility requirements are not supplied.
Key deliverables
High-quality community-based non-complex post-operative cataract service
Service for second-eye cataract patients aged 18 years or over
Reduction in hospital eye-service review attendances
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
6 criteria identified
Service scope
98% confidence
Provide a high quality community based non-complex post-op cataract service for second-eye patients.
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"To provide a high quality community based non-complex post-op cataract service (second eye)"
Patient eligibility
99% confidence
Patients aged 18 years or over.
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"for all patients aged 18 years or over"
Intended outcome
96% confidence
Reduce hospital eye-service review attendances and create outpatient-clinic capacity.
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"The service will reduce the number of review attendances at hospital eye services, creating capacity at overstretched out-patient clinics."
Supplier eligibility requirements
98% confidence
Unknown.
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No supplier selection, clinical governance, regulatory, financial or workforce requirements are supplied.
"community based non-complex post-op cataract service"
Delivery location
97% confidence
Unknown; buyer location is Sunderland, United Kingdom.
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Location is labelled "Buyer location" with locality "Sunderland"; no service delivery location is supplied.
Service complexity
98% confidence
Non-complex post-operative cataract service.
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"non-complex post-op cataract service"
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Display status
99% confidence
Open.
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"display_status": "open"
Notice type
99% confidence
Tender update.
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"notice_type": "tenderUpdate"
Procurement method
99% confidence
Limited.
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"procurement_method": "limited"
Procedure details
99% confidence
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.
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"procurement_method_details": "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition"
Submission deadline
99% confidence
Unknown.
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"submission_deadline": null
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Status and route inconsistency
99% confidence
The source marks the opportunity open and identifies it as a tender update, while procedure details state an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The supplied evidence does not establish whether suppliers can submit a bid.
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"display_status": "open"; "notice_type": "tenderUpdate"; "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition"
No submission information
99% confidence
No submission deadline or tender start date is supplied.
No documents, contract value, term, delivery geography, clinical standards, or supplier eligibility requirements are supplied.
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"documents": []; value and contract-date fields are null; location is labelled "Buyer location".
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