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
- Audiological Science Ltd
- Value
- £295,524
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · ENT or audiologist services (CPV 85121240)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 077930-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jun 2025
- Published28 Nov 2025Published 151 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Lincolnshire ICB has utilised direct award process B of the Provider Selection Regime regulations to award a contract for the provision of: - Over 50s Community-based Age Related Hearing Loss Assessment, Hearing Aid Provision and Maintenance - Over 50s Ear Wax Microsuction The contract duration is from 1st July 2025 to 30th June 2030 2029 and is awarded with no guarantee of activity and the value will vary dependent on the activity delivered. The expected value of the activity for the lifetime of the contract is circa £1,477,620. The provider is an existing provider and the services are existing services.
About the supplier
Audiological Science Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09109538).