Scope
Description
The contact Lens service at Moorfields Eye Hospital is the largest hospital based medical contact lens service in the UK. 15,000 patients attend the contact lens service on an annual basis for medically necessary contact lenses. The contact lens manufacturing lab produced 2500 rigid gas permeable contact lenses and approximately 500 scleral lenses per annum, which provides our patients with sight correction that they would not have through any other means of correction. The quality of life impact on these patients is huge. The new lathe will allow a greater number of lens options to be manufactured in house thus reducing our external spend with other contact lens manufacturers thus offering not only excellent patient outcomes but cost efficiencies for the Trust.
Contract 1. Lathe for Contact Lenses
Supplier
Contract value
- £362,000 excluding VAT
- £434,400 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
20 March 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 21 March 2025 to 20 March 2028
- 3 years
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 42620000 - Lathes, boring and milling machine tools
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
Single supplier - technical reasons
This contract award is made under Regulation 41 of the Procurement Act 2023, which permits Direct Award without prior publication. The justification is based on an absence of competition for technical reasons, and there are no reasonable alternatives.
The solution from the winning supplier is the only available replacement to meet Moorfields' in-house production needs. With a 5mm excursion for complex designs, a side probe for precise alignment & space for all lens sizes, a laser engraver, edge-finishing tool, smart channel cutting for BostonSight scleral lenses & customised software to streamline production & minimise errors, it reduces reliance on external manufacturers.
Supplier
DAC International, Inc.
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDRC-1659-DNPP
6390 Rose Lane
Carpinteria
93013
United States
Email: kbrown@dac-intl.com
Contract 1. Lathe for Contact Lenses
Contracting authority
MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PTPP-1281-DTGJ
162 City Road
London
EC1V 2PD
United Kingdom
Email: helpdesk@nhspps.uk
Website: https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/
Region: UKI43 - Haringey and Islington
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government