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title: "Community Dermatology Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078d5f"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board"
published: "2026-10-21"
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# Community Dermatology Services

Buyer: NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078d5f

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## Summary

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board is procuring community dermatology services for people in Lancashire and South Cumbria. The requirement is the provision of community-based dermatology care. Delivery locations are recorded in Lancashire, including Preston and the Blackburn with Darwen and East Lancashire areas. The service is intended to meet local population demand for dermatology referrals. The existing provider’s performance against the current service specification was assessed against quality and innovation, value, integration and collaboration, service sustainability, improving access, reducing health inequalities, facilitating choice and social value.

The process reached an intention-to-award stage under the Provider Selection Regime, with the ICB’s final award decision recorded on 17 February 2026; the notice says the contract had not yet been formally awarded at publication. Omnes Healthcare Limited was named as the selected provider. The contract is active and was signed on 17 February 2026. Its stated value is £19,044,559, and the service period runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029. The ICB used Direct Award Process C without a prior competition, relying on the existing provider’s satisfactory performance and expected ability to meet the new requirements, with the contract change attributed to increased referrals beyond the parties’ control. Quality was the sole award criterion; price had no weighting. The lot is recorded as cancelled, which conflicts with the active award and contract.

For suppliers considering comparable community dermatology work, this outcome indicates that the ICB prioritised continuity with an incumbent judged to be meeting the existing specification and capable of delivering the proposed service. A credible competitor would need to demonstrate dependable delivery at a substantial service scale, including the capacity to manage population demand and increased referrals across the relevant Lancashire areas. Evidence should address the service dimensions the ICB assessed: clinical quality and innovation, value, integration with other services, collaboration, sustainability, access, reducing health inequalities, patient choice and social value. The selection was not based on price, so a strong case would need to show how these outcomes can be maintained to the required standard. The direct-award route used here was tied to incumbent performance and external demand changes, rather than an open competition.

## Notice

Provision of community dermatology service

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of Community Dermatology Services Start Date 1 November 2026 End Date 31 October 2029 The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS19,044,559 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

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to 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. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of the notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 3rd November 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099722-2026 |
| 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 | 21 Oct 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 | £19,044,559 |

## 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 | TLD1 Cumbria, TLD4 Lancashire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Omnes Healthcare |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 21 Oct 2026 at 20:31 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099722-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk

## Provenance

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