Where Care Excellence Meets Business Success. Transform your operations today - 0333 577 0877
We are here to help 24/7.

Awarded· 30 Sept 2025

QHM-2025-9750 Day Lewis PLC (Barnard Castle)

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

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded QHM-2025-9750 Day Lewis PLC (Barnard Castle). It is a contract for other health and social care in Sunderland.

Source: Find a Tender, published 14 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Day Lewis Plc (barnard Castle

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 17:06

    View notice
01

About this tender

In brief

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded QHM-2025-9750 Day Lewis PLC (Barnard Castle). It is a contract for other health and social care in Sunderland. The contract went to Day Lewis Plc (barnard Castle. 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 14 October 2025. The notice number is 065375-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05ccc3.

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process involves NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, which intends to award a contract titled "QHM-2025-9750 Day Lewis PLC (Barnard Castle)" within the health services industry category. The process is located in the UKC region, with the procurement stage currently being an award.

The contract, which focuses on stocking palliative drugs, is to be enacted under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023 using a direct award process, with a start date of 1 April 2025 and an end date of 31 March 2026.

The award decision was made by a panel including the Chief Delivery Officer and the Director of Finance, and the procurement method employed was a limited procedure that bypasses the usual competitive tendering, due to the absence of an alternative provider.

The notice in full

Stocking Palliative Drugs

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    Stocking Palliative Drugs 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.

    The contract value cannot be confirmed as the services are activity based contracts with no guaranteed contract value. 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.

02

Key facts

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

Contract

Service
Other
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Day Lewis Plc (barnard Castle
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
065375-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ccc3
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
03

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)
Region
North East
Sub-region
Sunderland
Area
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Country
England
04

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
Day Lewis Plc (barnard Castle
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
05

Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
06

Questions about QHM-2025-9750 Day Lewis PLC (Barnard Castle)

Who won the QHM-2025-9750 Day Lewis PLC (Barnard Castle) contract?

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Day Lewis Plc (barnard Castle on 30 September 2025.

Who is the buyer for QHM-2025-9750 Day Lewis PLC (Barnard Castle)?

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

Get ready for the next round

Contracts like this come back. We help care providers build the evidence, policies and case studies a buyer scores, so you are ready when the re-tender opens.

What to do next

  1. This contract has been awarded.
  2. A re-tender usually follows near the end.
  3. Build your evidence and case studies now.
  4. Keep your policies and training records current.