Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- 360 Ambulance Service Ltd SME
- Value
- £566,074
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Ambulance services (CPV 85143000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 002789-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Jan 2026
- Published13 Jan 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Patient Transport Services
About the supplier
360 Ambulance Service Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13513798).