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Awarded· 15 Jul 2025

QHM-2025-8731 Care Home Aspire Milldene

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board · Sunderland, North East

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded QHM-2025-8731 Care Home Aspire Milldene. It is a contract for residential care and care home in Sunderland.

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Source: Find a Tender, published 28 Aug 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Aspire Healthcare

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 17:14

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  3. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 16:46

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About this tender

In brief

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded QHM-2025-8731 Care Home Aspire Milldene. It is a contract for residential care and care home in Sunderland. The contract went to Aspire Healthcare. It was awarded on 15 July 2025. The contract value is £157,107.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 28 August 2025. The notice number is 052193-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0580cb.

Summary of the contracting process

The public procurement process for the "QHM-2025-8731 Care Home Aspire Milldene" contract is led by the NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, based in Sunderland, United Kingdom. This contract, under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), concerns the provision of residential health facilities services. The procurement category is services, under the industry classification of CPV Code 85144000.

The key contractual period spans from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, with a total contract value of £157,107. The procurement was conducted using a Direct Award Process under the Health Care Services Regulations 2023, focusing on maintaining quality without a prior call for competition.

Aspire Healthcare Ltd has been named as the supplier, likely due to their satisfactory performance on prior contracts, suggesting they have the capabilities required to meet the stipulated criteria.

The notice in full

Care Home Services

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    Care Home 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 PS157107.

    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.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Residential Care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Aspire 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

Contracts value
£157,107

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Cancelled
Awards
Active
Contracts
Active

References

Find a Tender notice
052193-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0580cb
CPV code
85144000 - Residential health facilities services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board is based in Sunderland. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Sunderland
Town
Sunderland
Postcode
SR5 3XB
Electoral ward
Castle
Constituency
Washington and Gateshead South
Delivery area
North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Region
North East
Sub-region
Sunderland
Area
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Country
England
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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
Aspire Healthcare
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about QHM-2025-8731 Care Home Aspire Milldene

Who won the QHM-2025-8731 Care Home Aspire Milldene contract?

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Aspire Healthcare on 15 July 2025.

How much is the QHM-2025-8731 Care Home Aspire Milldene contract worth?

The contract value is £157,107.

Who is the buyer for QHM-2025-8731 Care Home Aspire Milldene?

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, based in Sunderland, North East.

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