Official UK procurement notice
Smart Messaging Services (SMS)
Authority: Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£15,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Core Telecom Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of SMS services to support the Trust's Sexual Health Electronic Patient Record (EPR) System. Supplier designated by the EPR platform provider.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
64200000 Telecommunications services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award — no call for competition
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 Sept 2026, 11:40 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2026, 11:40 BST
- Authority reference
C473368- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07795b
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £15,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Telecom LtdSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
SMS Services for EPR · Core Telecom LtdSME
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- £15,000
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 — 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 x 12 months
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published24 Sept 2026, 11:40 BSTUK7
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustProcuring entityProcurement Agent
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Core Telecom LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender