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 Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- HCRG Care Services Limited
- Value
- £17,167,298
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 073547-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Feb 2026
- Published4 Aug 2026Published 182 days after the contract date
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) notice to confirm that the Provider Selection Regime process (Competitive Process) for this service has been abandoned and a contract has not been awarded. This process has been abandoned under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this procurement. During the standstill period, the ICB received representations. As a result, the ICB was originally intending to re-issue updated Outcome Letters and restart the standstill period. However, upon further review, the ICB reviewed the position and agreed that it was not viable to continue with the process. This notice to confirm the abandonment of the PSR process is linked to the following notice published by MLCSU on behalf of the ICB: F03: Contract award notice Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-013626 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-…
About the supplier
HCRG Care Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07557877).