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CYP & Adult Community Services

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

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16 Sep 2026 at 12:15

Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board commissioned CYP and adult community services for South Cumbria. The requirement covers the provision of community-based healthcare services for children, young people and adults. Delivery is within South Cumbria, serving the local community rather than a single named facility. The commissioning body is an NHS integrated care board, and the service provider selected was North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, an NHS foundation trust based in Carlisle. This is a healthcare services requirement, covering ongoing community provision for both younger and adult patient groups. It is relevant to NHS trusts, healthcare providers and organisations with established community-service delivery capability in Cumbria or comparable local health systems.

The procurement is complete and was awarded under the Provider Selection Regime for healthcare services, using direct award process A without prior publication of a competition. The award decision was endorsed by the ICB Commissioning Resource Group on 6 February 2026 and finally made by the ICB Executive Team on 17 February 2026; the contract was signed on 17 February 2026. North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust received the award for £4,529,696 excluding any separately stated tax, covering 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. The stated evaluation basis gave 100% weighting to quality, specifically that there was no realistic alternative provider, and 0% to price. The associated lot is recorded as cancelled, while the award and contract are active.

This award indicates demand for a substantial, integrated community-healthcare service covering both children and adults in South Cumbria. A credible future competitor would need to demonstrate the operational capacity to provide community services across the area, maintain continuity for patients and commissioners, and manage a broad age range within one service arrangement. The decision basis is particularly important: the buyer treated the existing provider as having no realistic alternative, so evidence of local reach, established clinical infrastructure, workforce availability and dependable patient pathways would be central to challenging that position. NHS trusts and established independent or voluntary-sector healthcare providers with comparable community-service experience would be better placed than organisations offering only narrow or facility-based services.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

CYP & Adult Community Services

Notice Description

The provision of community services within South Cumbria.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The provision of community services within South Cumbria. Start Date: 01/04/2026 End Date: 31/03/2027 The lifetime value of the contract is PS4,529,696. The ICB has awarded a contract to an existing provider following direct award process A.

Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of a contract award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the processes as set out in the PSR have been applied and not the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Act 2023.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06fb02
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087706-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£4,529,696 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
PRESTON
Postcode
PR1 8XB
Postcode Area
Preston
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD4 Lancashire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD45 Mid Lancashire
Delivery Location
TLD1 Cumbria
Local Authority
Preston
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Preston

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Further Information

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