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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Birmingham Eyecare Voucher Provision

HealthcareCPV 85147000
Value£365k
Deadline7 Oct 2026
Published25 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 25 Aug 202643 days leftCloses 7 Oct 2026
Who to contact
matthew.blower@uhb.nhs.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

To be submitted via Atamis/Health Family https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£365ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust publishes Health & Social Care work continuously — 88 notices, roughly one every 12 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is seeking a supplier to provide an occupational eyecare service for its employees.

The service covers eye and eyesight testing and the supply of appropriate eyewear for display screen equipment users, employees requiring prescription protective eyewear, and corporate drivers, enabling UHB to discharge its statutory duties under the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (as amended) and related legislation.

The supplier will operate an online booking and voucher hub, a network of affiliated optometrists across the West Midlands, an employee helpline, and quarterly management information reporting.

The contract is for five years with an option to extend for two further twelve-month periods.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
  • Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06eb97
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
080851-2026
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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