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
- Value
- £478,451,860
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Ambulance services (CPV 85143000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 039865-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published30 Apr 2026Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
The provision of Paramedic Emergency Services in the North West. Start Date: 01/04/2026 End Date: 31/03/2027 The lifetime value of the contract is £478,451,860 (indicative). The associates to this contract are; NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board NHS North East & North Cumbria Integrated Care Board NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board The ICB has awarded a contract to an existing provider following direct award process A.
About the supplier
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.