AwardedAwarded 4 June 2026

Ophthalmology Coordination Service Hub - Cov & Warks and Herf & Worcs ICBs

NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board · NHS and health

In brief

NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board awarded this contract to South Warwickshire GP Limited on 4 June 2026.

The notice gives a value of £1,536,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 2 years, up to 4 years with extensions, starting 1 July 2026.

It is split into 2 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

NHS Coventry & Warwickshire ICB in conjunction with NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire ICB sought providers who have the relevant experience and skills to provide an Ophthalmology Co-ordination Service Hub. The Ophthalmology Coordination Service Hub (OCS) will support the system-wide approach to the management for all non-emergency (routine and urgent) ophthalmology referrals from community Optometry practices across Coventry and Warwickshire. The OCS will provide a single point of access, administering all incoming referrals from community Optometrists, offering patients a choice of providers in accordance with patient choice regulations, and submitting onward referrals to secondary care (accredited independent sector or NHS provision). The OCS supports the streamlining of ophthalmology referrals across the ICS, reducing delays to patients being referred from the community to secondary care and freeing up primary care capacity. For every routine and urgent referral, the service will provide patients with choice of access based on the referring condition, supporting patients being seen by the right person, in the right place, the first time. The service will not undertake clinical triage of incoming referrals.

Lots

LotTradeValue
NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board
1 July 2026 to 30 June 2028
What this lot covers

he Ophthalmology Coordination Service Hub (OCS) will support the system-wide approach to the management for all non-emergency (routine and urgent) ophthalmology referrals from community Optometry practices across Coventry and Warwickshire. The OCS will provide a single point of access, administering all incoming referrals from community Optometrists, offering patients a choice of providers in accordance with patient choice regulations, and submitting onward referrals to secondary care (accredited independent sector or NHS provision). The OCS supports the streamlining of ophthalmology referrals across the ICS, reducing delays to patients being referred from the community to secondary care and freeing up primary care capacity. For every routine and urgent referral, the service will provide patients with choice of access based on the referring condition, supporting patients being seen by the right person, in the right place, the first time. The service will not undertake clinical triage of incoming referrals.

—£752,000
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
1 July 2026 to 30 June 2028
What this lot covers

The Ophthalmology Coordination Service Hub (OCS) will support the system-wide approach to the management for all non-emergency (routine and urgent) ophthalmology referrals from community Optometry practices across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The OCS will provide a single point of access, administering all incoming referrals from community Optometrists, offering patients a choice of providers in accordance with patient choice regulations, and submitting onward referrals to secondary care (accredited independent sector or NHS provision). The OCS supports the streamlining of ophthalmology referrals across the ICS, reducing delays to patients being referred from the community to secondary care and freeing up primary care capacity. For every routine and urgent referral, the service will provide patients with choice of access based on the referring condition, supporting patients being seen by the right person, in the right place, the first time. The service will not undertake clinical triage of incoming referrals.

—£784,000

Who won

WinnerLotValueDates
South Warwickshire GP Limited (SME)
2 bids received
NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board£679,808
Awarded 4 June 2026
South Warwickshire GP Limited (SME)
2 bids received
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board£783,740
Awarded 4 June 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 012893-2026
  2. Tender notice · UK4, notice 013087-2026
  3. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 055333-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

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Awards

130

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From notice 012893-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 12 February 2026, last updated 11 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.