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title: "North Cumbria Waiting Well Service - Carlisle Mencap"
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# North Cumbria Waiting Well Service - Carlisle Mencap

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/north-cumbria-waiting-well-service-carlisle-mencap-ocds-h6vhtk-055942). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board: "North Cumbria Waiting Well Service - Carlisle Mencap". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-north-east-and-north-cumbria-integrated-care-board-nhs-qhm)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £42,180 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055942`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/north-cumbria-waiting-well-service-carlisle-mencap-ocds-h6vhtk-055942#tl-md)

## Description
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and Procurement Regulations 2024 do not apply to this award.
Do to urgent need, an implied contract has been in place since 01 April 2025 but contracts were signed off 27 June 2025.
The contract is to provide the waiting well service for patients registered with General Practices that are part of the waiting well programme. The aim of the service is to support the target cohort of patients to use the time they wait for surgery to prepare mentally, emotionally, socially and physically for their procedure, with a view to helping minimise those not ready/fit for surgery, minimise recovery time post surgery and maximise surgical outcomes.
The Waiting Well programme is a sub project under of the Healthier Fairer programme. This programme was started as a proof of concept.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, th...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** North Cumbria Waiting Well Service - Carlisle Mencap (active)
  - Award id: `037479-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **CARLISLE MENCAP LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-144936`
  - Value: £42,180 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** North Cumbria Waiting Well Service - Carlisle Mencap (active)
  - Signed Value: £42,180
  - Signed Date: 31/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037479-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-04T13:46:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T05:39:22.042Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-055942