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title: "Cumbria Health"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f8cd"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2026-09-14"
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# Cumbria Health

Buyer: NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f8cd

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## Summary

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board is procuring community and urgent healthcare services for Cumbria. The requirement covers nursing at an Emergency Treatment Centre, an in-hours call-handling service and related services, including the North In-Hours Clinical Assessment Service, Urgent Community Response Single Point of Access and management of localised community outbreaks in North Cumbria. This is a health and social work services contract. Delivery is centred on Cumbria, with the buying organisation based in Sunderland. The intended provider is Cumbria Health, a Carlisle-based healthcare organisation. The services are delivered on an ad hoc basis, covering a mixed operational requirement rather than a single fixed-volume service. The requirement is therefore relevant to providers able to coordinate clinical staffing, urgent-response access, telephone or call-handling operations and local public-health support.

The process is at the Provider Selection Regime intention-to-award stage: the buyer intends to make a direct award without prior competition to Cumbria Health, the existing provider, under Direct Award C. The published outcome identifies Cumbria Health as the selected supplier, although the notice states that the contract had not formally been awarded when the intention was published. Representations were due by midnight on 25 September 2026, with award subject to the PSR standstill process. The contract period is 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, and the contract was signed on 1 July 2026. Its stated value is £7,201,234, although the buyer says the final value cannot be confirmed because services are ad hoc. The single lot is marked cancelled. Assessment applied equal 100% quality and 100% cost criteria, based on the existing provider’s performance and expected ability to meet the proposed requirement.

For a future requirement of this type, credible suppliers would need to combine urgent and community healthcare delivery with dependable operational coordination across Cumbria. Relevant capability includes recruiting and managing suitably qualified nursing staff for an Emergency Treatment Centre, maintaining responsive in-hours call handling, and operating clinical assessment and urgent community-response access points. Experience of managing localised community outbreaks would also be directly relevant, as would the ability to integrate several services under one contract and respond flexibly to ad hoc demand. The buyer’s stated assessment focused on whether the incumbent was delivering the existing contract satisfactorily and would meet the proposed contract to a sufficient standard, alongside cost. Competitors should therefore be able to evidence strong service performance, reliable clinical governance, local delivery capacity and efficient mobilisation across linked healthcare services.

## Notice

"Cumbria Health- Emergency Treatment Centre Nursing Service, In Hours Call Handling Service and other misc services. The miscellaneous services are North In-Hours Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) including Urgent Community Response Single Point of Access (SPA), and Management of Localised Community Outbreaks (North Cumbria) " 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 PS7,201,234. The contract value cannot be confirmed as the services carried out within this contract are ad hoc. Contract Start Date: 01/04/2026 Contract End Date: 31/03/2027 Although the contract start is 01/04/2026, the services have been delivered on an implied contract.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

"Cumbria Health- Emergency Treatment Centre Nursing Service, In Hours Call Handling Service and other misc services. The miscellaneous services are North In-Hours Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) including Urgent Community Response Single Point of Access (SPA), and Management of Localised Community Outbreaks (North Cumbria) "

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to 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 provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 and the Procurement Regulations 2024 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on 25/09/2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. A contract will not be awarded until after the 9th working day following standstill.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086726-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £7,201,234 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | SUNDERLAND |
| Postcode area | Sunderland |
| Postcode | SR5 3XB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC44 Sunderland |
| Local authority | Sunderland |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Washington and Gateshead South |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Cumbria Health |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 14 Sep 2026 at 10:17 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086726-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk

## Provenance

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