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
- CVS Lincolnshire SME
- Value
- £985,812
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 038828-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Apr 2026
- Published28 Apr 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
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 Mental Health Social Prescribing. The contract duration is from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027and the expected value of the activity for the lifetime of the contract is £985,812 The provider is an existing provider and the services are existing services.
About the supplier
CVS Lincolnshire: every public contract they have won.