Ophthalmology Equipment

Buyer
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)
Value
£18,000,000
Closes
27 November 2026
Where
Edinburgh, Scotland
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

NHS National Services Scotland is buying hospital eye-testing equipment worth about £18 million in total. The kit covers the machines used for full eye examinations, including visual field analysers, slit lamps and OCT scanners that produce detailed images of the eye.

What the buyer wants

• Supply of ophthalmology diagnostic equipment across seven categories: Imaging, Diagnostics, Measurement, Surgical, Therapeutic, Digital and Accessories • Equipment must be suitable for hospital eye clinics and comprehensive eye examinations • Bidders must be able to meet the volume and range the buyer needs across the whole contract

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

At £18 million across seven specialist equipment categories, this is most likely out of reach for small businesses unless they are a manufacturer or authorised distributor of this kind of clinical equipment with national supply and service capacity.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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