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 Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- LLR Patient Care Locally (CIC) SME
- Value
- £13,500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 022976-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Mar 2026
- Published13 Mar 2026Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
The service includes a range of integrated referral management, diagnostic and community-based elective care and treatment services within community settings across a broad range of specialties. With the exception of cataract surgery, the commissioned services are non-consultant led. The services includes a strong emphasis on local collaborations and integrated care pathways, with a focus on patient satisfaction, clinical governance and meeting local health care needs. There is a strong commitment to improve healthcare for all the people of LLR, with services being delivered as close to home as possible. The ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C, where the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract, and the contract is not changing considerably, and the test for considerable change is not met. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is c. £13.5m. The dates betwee…
About the supplier
LLR Patient Care Locally (CIC): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07789175).