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
- Listening Ear SME
- Value
- £125,032
- 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
- 063167-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Jun 2026
- Published6 Jul 2026Published 12 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 Suicide Bereavement Service. 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 £125,032 The provider is an existing provider and the services are existing services.
About the supplier
Listening Ear: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05999650).