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
- Value
- £584,299,280
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 088258-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Feb 2026
- Published17 Sep 2026Published 212 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of Acute and Community Services. Start Date: 1 April 2026 End Date: 31 March 2027 The lifetime value of the contract is £584,299,280 The ICB has awarded a contract to an existing provider following direct award process A. NHS England Specialised Commissioning responsibility has been delegated for Specialised, Public Health, Health and Justice, and Armed Forces to NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB. Associate commissioners are NHS GREATER MANCHESTER INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ODS QOP) NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ODS QHM) NHS WEST YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ODS QWO) LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (ODS 325) NHS ENGLAND (ODS 27T)
About the supplier
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.