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
- Lancashire Women SME
- Value
- £382,500
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 064932-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
-
- Contract date1 Jul 2026
- Published9 Jul 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
The proposed service will deliver quality through a trauma informed, gender specific model that directly responds to the needs identified through local intelligence, including recent Healthwatch findings which highlight women's preference for tailored, specialist support rather than generic provision. An award has been made following direct award process A of the Health Care (Provider Selection Regime) 2023 Regulations. It is anticipated that the contract will run from 1st July 2026 - 31st March 2027 with the option to extend incrementally by a further 1+1+1+1 years subject to satisfactory contract review and budget availability. The lifetime value of the contract is £382,500
About the supplier
Lancashire Women: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04777720).