I know I'm going to get eviscerated for saying this, but:
I know lots of people who need contact lenses for their work and they obtain them by going down to Boots opticians, which takes a couple of hours and costs a modest amount of money.
It sounds to me like this is way more trouble than it's worth - like the council tenant who wouldn't buy a three foot bit of draught excluder because "it's the council's problem".
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