Awarded· 30 Sept 2025
QHM-2025-7692 Carlisle Healthcare - Local Enhanced Services
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board · Sunderland, North East
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded QHM-2025-7692 Carlisle Healthcare - Local Enhanced Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sunderland.
Source: Find a Tender, published 10 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Carlisle Healthcare
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 09:50
View notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded QHM-2025-7692 Carlisle Healthcare - Local Enhanced Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sunderland. The contract went to Carlisle Healthcare. It was awarded on 30 September 2025.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 10 October 2025. The notice number is 064067-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05ac82.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board is set to award a contract under the Direct Award Process A for local enhanced healthcare services, focusing on near patient testing and drug monitoring, among others, in the Carlisle area. The process falls outside the usual procurement regulations, highlighting the use of a limited procurement method without prior publication.
This contract is scheduled to start on 1 April 2025 and end on 31 March 2026, though it mentions the services have already been delivered under an implied contract. The procurement's main category is health services, with key oversight by the Chief Delivery Officer and the Director of Finance to ensure no conflicts of interest were present.
It is especially suited to health service providers capable of offering specialised testing and monitoring services. Suppliers looking to expand their portfolio in healthcare services in the UKC (United Kingdom – Cumbria) region could benefit from this contract, although the procurement method indicates no alternative providers were considered, implying the contract is likely intended for existing suppliers.
The limited competition due to the procurement method underscores the potential stability this contract could offer successful bidders.
The notice in full
Near Patient Testing (High Risk) Drug Monitoring Warfarin Monitoring Hormonal Injection Administration Service Minor Injuries
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Near Patient Testing (High Risk) Drug Monitoring Warfarin Monitoring Hormonal Injection Administration Service Minor Injuries The relevant authority intends to award this contract under the Direct Award Process A under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 and Procurement Regulations 2024 do not apply to this award. The contract value is PS0.01.
Contract Start Date: 01 April 2025 Contract End Date: 31 March 2026 Although the contract start is 01/04/2025, the services have been delivered on an implied contract. This is an existing service and existing provider.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Carlisle Healthcare
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 064067-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ac82
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Town
- Sunderland
- Postcode
- SR5 3XB
- Electoral ward
- Castle
- Constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South
- Delivery area
- North East (England)
- Region
- North East
- Sub-region
- Sunderland
- Area
- Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Sunderland, SR5 3XB · North East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Carlisle Healthcare
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about QHM-2025-7692 Carlisle Healthcare - Local Enhanced Services
Who won the QHM-2025-7692 Carlisle Healthcare - Local Enhanced Services contract?
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Carlisle Healthcare on 30 September 2025.
Who is the buyer for QHM-2025-7692 Carlisle Healthcare - Local Enhanced Services?
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, based in Sunderland, North East.
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