Awarded· 15 Jul 2025
QHM-2025-8105 Whitehaven Healthcare Limited
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board · Sunderland, North East
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded QHM-2025-8105 Whitehaven Healthcare Limited. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sunderland.
Source: Find a Tender, published 13 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Whitehaven Healthcare
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 10:56
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 12:49
View notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded QHM-2025-8105 Whitehaven Healthcare Limited. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sunderland. The contract went to Whitehaven Healthcare. It was awarded on 15 July 2025.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 13 October 2025. The notice number is 064769-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05a314.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process for the contract titled "QHM-2025-8105 Whitehaven Healthcare Limited" is managed by NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, based in Sunderland, UK. This project falls under the "Pharmacy Services" industry category and is classified under CPV 85149000.
The procurement relates to services and is executed through a Direct Award Process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, meaning no open call for competition was issued. The formal contract award started on 13 October 2025, with the contract commencing on 1 April 2025 and concluding on 31 March 2026. Importantly, this is activity-based, thus no guaranteed contract value is specified.
The limited procurement method implies that existing contract performance is a key criterion, favouring incumbent providers or those demonstrating similar service quality.
The notice in full
Pharmacy Services
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Pharmacy Services The relevant authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. The contract value is PS0.01 The contract value cannot be confirmed as the services are activity based contracts with no guaranteed contract value.
Contract Start Date: 01/04/2025 Contract End Date: 31/03/2026 Although the contract start is 01/04/2025, the services have been delivered on an implied contract and contracts will be issued following the standstill period from the date of this notice.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Whitehaven Healthcare
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, 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
- 064769-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a314
- CPV code
- 85149000 - Pharmacy 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
- Whitehaven Healthcare
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about QHM-2025-8105 Whitehaven Healthcare Limited
Who won the QHM-2025-8105 Whitehaven Healthcare Limited contract?
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Whitehaven Healthcare on 15 July 2025.
Who is the buyer for QHM-2025-8105 Whitehaven Healthcare Limited?
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, based in Sunderland, North East.
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