--- title: "Community Services" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06fb1b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06fb1b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06fb1b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06fb1b.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board" published: "2026-09-16" --- # Community Services Buyer: NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06fb1b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06fb1b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06fb1b.json) ## Summary NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board commissioned community health services for people across Lancashire. The requirement covers the delivery of community services rather than goods or construction, within the local NHS healthcare system. The service category is health services (CPV 85100000). The selected provider is Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, an NHS foundation trust based in Preston. The commissioning organisation is also based in Preston and is responsible for arranging these services. The procurement concerns provision across Lancashire, so relevant suppliers would need the operational reach, clinical infrastructure and local service knowledge to deliver community healthcare throughout the area. It is a substantial, integrated public healthcare requirement rather than a discrete supply contract or short-term consultancy. The procurement is complete and has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The ICB used direct award process A, without publishing a call for competition, through a limited procedure. The award decision was made on 17 February 2026, when the contract was signed. Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust received the award and the contract is active. The contract runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, with a value of £47,602,524. One bid was recorded. Evaluation placed 100% weight on quality, based on there being no realistic alternative provider, and 0% on price. The contracting process was therefore not a competitive price-led tender. For a supplier that did not win, this award shows sustained NHS demand for large-scale community healthcare provision across Lancashire and the type of organisation currently satisfying it: an established, large NHS foundation trust. A credible future competitor would need to demonstrate the clinical capability, governance and workforce capacity to run community services across a broad local footprint, with dependable mobilisation and continuity for patients. Strong evidence of service quality would matter more than price under this route, particularly where commissioners consider there to be no realistic alternative provider. Relevant organisations are likely to be established NHS bodies, major healthcare providers or well-developed partnerships able to meet regulatory, safeguarding, clinical assurance and performance requirements at regional scale. ## Notice The provision of community services within Lancashire. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The provision of Community Services within Lancashire. Start Date: 01/04/2026 End Date: 31/03/2027 The lifetime value of the contract is PS47,602,524. The ICB has awarded a contract to an existing provider following direct award process A. ### Procurement Information This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of a contract award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the processes as set out in the PSR have been applied and not the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Act 2023. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087748-2026 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Limited | | Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Large | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 16 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £47,602,524 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board | | Locality | PRESTON | | Postcode area | Preston | | Postcode | PR1 8XB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire | | ITL 3 | TLD45 Mid Lancashire | | Local authority | Preston | | Electoral ward | City Centre | | Westminster constituency | Preston | | Delivery location | TLD4 Lancashire | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 16 Sep 2026 at 13:13 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087748-2026 ## Notice URLs - https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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