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
- St Catherine's Hospice (Lancashire) Ltd SME
- Value
- £0.01
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 020632-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Feb 2026
- Published6 Mar 2026Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
Lymphoedema Service in Central Lancashire for both Children and Adults: Delivery of specialist intervention to patients who have non-malignant or primary lymphoedema to residents of Central Lancashire (inc children and Young people) and West Lancashire. Start Date: 01/04/2026 End Date: 31/03/2028 The contract value has been entered as 0.01 within this notice as this is a cost per case contract. The ICB are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C
About the supplier
St Catherine's Hospice (Lancashire) Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00512186).