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NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
NHSE986 - Eye Testing in Special Education Settings in North East and Cumbria - CP
Live: the notice is at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No deadline statedThe source does not state a submission deadline.
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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This is an INTENTION TO AWARD Notice following The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 - Competitive Process.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Relevant Authority) who have undertaken a competition process to provide Provision of Eye Testing Services in Special Education Settings (SES) in the North East and North Cumbria.
Contract Start Date: 01 December 2026
Contract End Date: 30 November 2029
The contract term is for an period of 3 years.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 85160000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
5 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 4 Aug 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 4 August 2025.
Release 045490-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 4 Aug 2025Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 4 August 2025. Stated change: Please note the original notice did not include the below Short Description (section II.1.4). North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) (the Relevant Authority) who are conducting a Request for Information (RFI) exercise in order to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market to deliver a Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) sight testing service in Special Educational Settings in the North East and North Cumbria. The closing date for submission of RFI response is by Noon on 26 August 2025.
Release 045499-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 27 Apr 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 27 April 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Tue 26 May 2026, 12:00 BST.
Release 038133-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 7 Aug 2026Award notice
Award notice published 7 August 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 075077-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 24 Sep 2026Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 24 September 2026. Stated change: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has now been formally awarded using the PSR Competitive Process. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Regulations 2024 (Procurement Act 2023) and/ or Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. Contract Start Date: 01 December 2026 Contract End Date: 30 November 2029
Release 090381-2026
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05/ Limits
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- The source does not state a submission deadline.
- The source does not state a usable value.
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- Stage
- tender · Open
- Last verified
- Thu 1 Oct 2026, 08:16 BST
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 01:06 BST
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