Closed tender

NHS South Yorkshire ICB - Sight Testing in Special Education Settings

Details

Value
£1,435,000
Topic
Optician services
Published
13 January 2026
Submission
12 February 2026

Tender description

The project has been abandoned due to technical reasons and will be re-launched at a later date. Lot 1: The NHS Long Term Plan (2019) set out a commitment to provide sight tests for children and young people with learning disabilities and autism in residential special educational settings (SES). <br/>While the NHS Long Term Plan commitment related specifically to children and young people in residential SES, NHS England – in conjunction with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) – announced on 19 June 2023 that the sight testing service will be extended to day schools. <br/><br/>This tender is to establish a sight testing service for Day schools. Additional information: Please note. The total estimated value quoted above is based on the budgeted cost of £287,000 per annum. The total estimated cost is for the full 5 year potential contract.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published13 January 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date12 February 2026

About the buyer

NHS South Yorkshire ICB is the integrated care board for South Yorkshire, with its own regional procurement teams. Four places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield, sit within its area. Procurement teams are based within the region's acute and mental health trusts. South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw's collaborative buying model is used nationally as an example for integrated care systems. Around 170 GP practices and five acute trusts sit within the wider partnership.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS South Yorkshire ICB's contract awards have been in health and social work, business services and public administration and defence.

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