---
title: "QHM-2025-7449 Spirometry, Minor Surgery"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06fad1"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2026-09-16"
---

# QHM-2025-7449 Spirometry, Minor Surgery

Buyer: NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06fad1

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## Summary

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board is commissioning healthcare services covering spirometry and minor surgery. The work falls within health and social work services and is intended for delivery in the North East of England, in the area covered by the commissioning board. The stated requirement is ad hoc delivery of spirometry and minor surgery rather than a fixed volume of activity. The existing provider, ELM Alliance, is identified as the intended supplier. This is a clinical service requirement suited to providers able to deliver both respiratory diagnostic testing through spirometry and minor surgical procedures within NHS commissioning arrangements. The buyer is a public healthcare organisation based in Sunderland and the service relates to its neighbourhood healthcare provision.

The process is a Provider Selection Regime intention to award through Direct Award C, without a prior call for competition. The notice starts a standstill period, during which provider representations must be made by midnight on 27 September 2026; formal award is stated to follow no earlier than the ninth working day after standstill. ELM Alliance is the existing provider and intended awardee. The recorded contract value is £82,056, although activity is ad hoc and the final value cannot be confirmed. The contract period is 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, with services delivered from 1 April under an implied contract. A contract record is marked active and signed on 1 July 2026. The lot itself is recorded as cancelled. Evaluation was based on quality and cost, each described as 100%.

This requirement indicates demand for a combined spirometry and minor surgery service within NHS neighbourhood healthcare. A credible competing supplier would need clinical capability to provide both services, with sufficient capacity and operational flexibility to handle ad hoc activity rather than a predictable fixed workload. The process also shows that the buyer places importance on maintaining a provider that is already delivering the service successfully and is judged likely to meet the proposed requirement to a sufficient standard. Suppliers preparing for a future requirement with this buyer should therefore be able to demonstrate reliable existing service performance, appropriate clinical governance, and the ability to satisfy the Provider Selection Regime’s key requirements. Clear evidence of service quality and cost effectiveness would be central to competing with an established provider.

## Notice

Spirometry, Minor Surgery

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Spirometry, Minor Surgery 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 PS82,056. 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/087618-2026 |
| 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 | £82,056 |

## 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 | ELM Alliance Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 16 Sep 2026 at 10:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087618-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk

## Provenance

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