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
- FCMS (NW) Ltd SME
- Value
- £555,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 078211-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Aug 2026
- Published17 Aug 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
The provision of a Tier 2 Cardiology and Direct Access Diagnostics service. Start Date: 01/04/2026 End Date: 31/03/2027 The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £555,000 however the final contract value is still to be finalised. The ICB are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C.
About the supplier
FCMS (NW) Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05085990).