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 Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Lincolnshire Rural Support Network SME
- Value
- £289,497
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 85140000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 035819-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Apr 2026
- Published20 Apr 2026Published the same day
Description
NHS Lincolnshire ICB is intending to utilise direct award process C of the Provider Selection Regime regulations to award a contract for the provision of Community Mental Health Services. The contract duration is from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2029 and the expected value of the activity for the lifetime of the contract is £289,497. The provider is an existing provider and the services are existing services
About the supplier
Lincolnshire Rural Support Network: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07182183).