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
- Blackpool Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- FCMS (NW) Ltd SME
- Value
- £220,700
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 064927-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published9 Jul 2026Published 99 days after the contract date
Description
The Homeless Health Hub, which consists of the homeless health nursing team and the homeless link workers , is a nurse-led service for people who are homeless and disadvantaged within Blackpool. The nursing service provides clinics, ad hoc wound clinics and in a range of outreach locations. It is the attention to award a contract an existing provider following PSR direct award process C. It is anticipated that the duration of the contract will be from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027 (with the ability to extend for up to 1+1+1+1 years subject to satisfactory contract review and budget availability) The lifetime value of the contract is estimated to be £220,700
About the supplier
FCMS (NW) Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05085990).