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
- Urban Challenge Ltd SME
- Value
- £957,095
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 040433-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Jul 2025
- Published16 Jul 2025Published the same day
Description
NHS Lincolnshire ICB has utilised direct award process C of the Provider Selection Regime regulations to award a contract for the provision of: Mental Health Social Prescribing Service The contract duration is from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 and the expected value of the activity for the lifetime of the contract is £957,095 The provider is an existing provider and the services are existing services.
About the supplier
Urban Challenge Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03438413).