Contract award · 17 Feb 2026

Elective Care Services

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board awarded “Elective Care Services” to Bespoke Healthcare / Greater Lancashire Hospital for £0 on 17 Feb 2026. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careNorth West

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
Value
£0.01
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date17 Feb 2026
  2. Published17 Sep 2026Published 212 days after the contract date

Description

To deliver high quality, value for money elective care services in accordance with good clinical practice in respect of clinical services and in addition, good industry practice in respect of services other than clinical services. To maintain capacity that supports the indicative commissioned activity of the commissioner, thus ensuring delivery of the agreed referral to treatment times. To maintain access to a range of elective care services thereby improving service users free choice of provider and control over their care and treatment. To provide the service users with the choice of named consultant-led team for elective care where clinically appropriate. To ensure the provision of safe and effective elective service provision to service users. To continually improve the quality and value of care for service users in-line with current good clinical practice. To achieve the agreed referral to treat waiting times. To achieve and wherever possible, improve upon elective care services …

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