Tender opportunities
We use e-tendering as our primary system to manage tenders and quotations.
All tenders are advertised on our e-tendering portal The Chest.
Live contracts
Details of Blackpool Council live contracts (where the overall contract value exceeds £5,000)
Publication selection regime
In accordance with Regulation 25 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Blackpool Council is required to produce an annual summary of its contracting activity for the provision of relevant health care services.
1 January 2024 to 31 March 2025
Number of contracts award in the year to which this summary relates:
- Direct award process A: 2
- Direct award process B: 14
- Direct award process C: 5
- Most suitable provider process: 0
- Competitive process: 0
- Number of framework agreements concluded in the year to which this summary relates: 0
- Number of contracts awarded based on a framework agreement in the year to which this summary relates: 0
- Number of contracts awarded, and modifications made in reliance of regulation 14 (Urgent award or modification) in the year to which this summary relates: 0
- Number of new providers to whom a contract was awarded in the year to which the summary relates: 0
- Number of providers who held a contract in the previous year but no longer hold any contracts in the year to which the summary relates: 1
- Number of written representations made in accordance with regulation 12(3) and received during standstill periods which ended in the year to which the summary relates and a summary of the nature and impact of those representations: 0
Purchase orders
Purchase order details for low value contracts undertaken via our request for quotation process are published monthly as part of our payments over £250