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
- Value
- £2,393,751
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 050256-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Aug 2025
- Published20 Aug 2025Published 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: To provide a rapid response to any person(s) suffering an acute medical emergency or injury within the county of Lincolnshire using Voluntary Emergency Services, The Falls Service and Community Emergency Medicine .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 £2,393,751 The provider is an existing provider and the services are existing services.
About the supplier
Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Services (LIVES): every public contract they have won.