---
title: "QHM-2025-9361 Home from Hospital service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06fabd"
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json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06fabd.json"
source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2026-09-16"
---

# QHM-2025-9361 Home from Hospital service

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

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## Summary

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board is procuring a Home from Hospital service, classified as health and social work services. The service supports people returning home after hospital treatment and is delivered across the North East and North Cumbria area. It is an ad hoc service rather than a fixed-volume programme. The stated requirement is for the existing provider to continue delivering the service under the Provider Selection Regime. The selected supplier is Volunteering Matters, a large organisation based in Leeds. The buyer’s assessment says the existing provider is meeting the current contract and is likely to meet the proposed contract to a sufficient standard. The service is therefore relevant to organisations providing hospital discharge, community support, home-based care or related health and social care services.

The procurement has reached the intention-to-award stage under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, using Direct Award C without a prior call for competition. The proposed supplier is Volunteering Matters. The contract value is £51,000, although services are ad hoc and the final value cannot be confirmed. The contract period is 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, and the contract record gives a signing date of 1 July 2026. Services have been delivered under an implied contract from the start date. The standstill period began with publication of the intention to award; representations had to reach the decision makers by midnight on 27 September 2026, with formal award subject to the required standstill period. The evaluation applied the PSR key criteria, with quality and cost each described as 100%.

This opportunity indicates established NHS demand for flexible support that helps people move from hospital to home and remain safely supported in the community. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need experience delivering home-from-hospital or hospital discharge services, reliable community-based staffing and the ability to respond to ad hoc referrals across a broad geographical area. Providers should be able to demonstrate that they can maintain service quality for vulnerable people after discharge, coordinate effectively with NHS and community services, and manage continuity of provision at the scale required by an integrated care board. The assessment also shows that continuity, satisfactory performance under an existing contract and confidence in the provider’s ability to deliver the proposed service were central to the decision. Organisations able to evidence strong outcomes, dependable mobilisation and effective partnership working would be well placed.

## Notice

Home from Hospital service

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Home from Hospital service 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 PS51000. 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.

### 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 27/09/2026. 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/087585-2026 |
| 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 | 16 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 | £51,000 |

## 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 | Volunteering Matters |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 16 Sep 2026 at 09:35 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087585-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk

## Provenance

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