Official UK procurement notice
North Cumbria Waiting Well Service
Authority: NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis 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.
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Jul 2025, 14:16 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jul 2025, 14:16 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037461- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055932Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This programme is a proof of concept. An implied contract has been in place since 01 April 2025 with an urgent award to provide services signed off 27 June 2025.
Publisher note: 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. Decision to award made via the NENC ICB Contracting Subcommittee - 27 June 2025. Conflicts of Interest were managed and no conflicts of interest declared.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Together We (A community interest company in West Cumbria)SME | £34,197 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
North Cumbria Waiting Well Service · Together We (A community interest company in West Cumbria)SME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £34,197
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Together We (A community interest company in West Cumbria)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.