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
- Practice Plus Group
- Value
- £4,100,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Orthopaedic services (CPV 85121283)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 041716-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 May 2026
- Published7 May 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Lincolnshire ICB has utilised direct award process C of the Provider Selection Regime regulations to award a contract for the provision of: Musculoskeletal and Spinal Services The contract duration is from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027 and the expected value of the activity for the lifetime of the contract is £4,100,000. The provider is an existing provider and the services are existing services.
About the supplier
Practice Plus Group: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03462881).