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
- NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Home-Start in East Lancashire SME
- Value
- £164,310
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 020627-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Feb 2026
- Published6 Mar 2026Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
Community Genetics - Better Beginnings (C&YP) in Pennine Lancashire delivers a suite of services such as information and signposting to Obesity, Diabetes, Smokefree pregnancies to those deemed as 'harder to reach' and to address the sensitive topics such as a specialised Genetics programme. Start Date: 01/04/2026 End Date: 31/03/2028 The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £164310 however the final contract value is still to be finalised. The ICB are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C
About the supplier
Home-Start in East Lancashire: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05224711).