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
- Positive Futures Wellbeing Services SME
- Value
- £76,305
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 022064-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Feb 2026
- Published11 Mar 2026Published 22 days after the contract date
Description
Wellbeing Services/Crisis Cafe Start Date: 01/04/2026 End Date: 31/03/2027 The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £76,305 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
Positive Futures Wellbeing Services: every public contract they have won.