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
- University of Lincoln
- Value
- £278,152
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 85140000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 057698-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Jun 2026
- Published18 Jun 2026Published 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 Mental Health Student Adviser & First Contact Worker. The contract duration is from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2028 and the expected value of the activity for the lifetime of the contract is £278,152 The provider is an existing provider and the services are existing services.
About the supplier
University of Lincoln: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07647805).