Scope
Description
This notice is being created upon the urgency of procuring transplantable graft material for transplant surgery. Establishments must meet the UK, stringent Human Tissue Authority standards. In the UK, NHS Tissue and Eye Services usually provide routine graft to all service users within the UK. Regrettably, since February 2023, NHSBT no longer can provide Moorfields with routine graft material. We are requesting Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank which is also a HTA approved establishment to provide us with graft material in a backdrop of widespread tissue shortages.
Contract 1. Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank Agreement
Supplier
Contract value
- £4,834,756.68 excluding VAT
- £5,801,708.02 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
15 September 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 15 September 2025 to 14 September 2028
- 3 years
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 33141560 - Human organs
Contract locations
- UK - United Kingdom
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 where competition is absent for technical reasons and no reasonable alternative exists.
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust requires the supply of human corneal tissue for transplant surgery. The number of suppliers worldwide able to meet the statutory and regulatory requirements of the UK Human Tissue Authority is extremely limited.
To safeguard continuity of clinical services and mitigate the risks of supply disruption inherent in donor tissue procurement, the Trust has adopted a dual-sourcing strategy, awarding contracts to more than one accredited provider. This contract is awarded to Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank, a provider capable of supplying suitable corneal tissue to the UK market in compliance with all relevant regulatory standards.
Supplier
Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHZR-4413-QWNH
1675 Aurora Court, E.I. 2049, Mail Stop F751
Aurora
80045
United States
Email: info@corneas.org
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank Agreement
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
Region: UKI43 - Haringey and Islington
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government