Venice Eye Bank Foundation Agreement

A Contract Award Notice
by MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract ()
Duration: not specified
Value: £473K

Sector: MISCELLANEOUS
Published: 05 Jun 2025
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust London

1 supplier

Fondazione Banca Degli Occhi Del Veneto Ets Padiglione Rama

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 VEB which is also a HTA approved establishment to provide us with further graft material in a backdrop of widespread tissue shortages.

Award Detail

1	Fondazione Banca Degli Occhi Del Veneto Ets (Padiglione Rama) Venice Eye Bank Foundation Agreement Reference: 1 Value: £473,000

CPV Codes

None found

Legal Justification

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. Establishments must meet UK Human Tissue Authority standards. We request VEB, an HTA-approved provider, for grafts amid widespread shortages.