Official UK procurement notice
Tees Valley Acute Respiratory Infection Service (Winter Pressures) Most Suitable Provider Process
Authority: NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNorth East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (Relevant Authority) intend to follow the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process to award contracts for short term Acute Respiratory Infection services in response to winter pressures for three individual lots in Tees Valley:
Lot 1: Hartlepool and Stockton
Lot 2: Middlesborough & Redcar and Cleveland
Lot 3: Darlington
These are three separate lots/contracts. Providers must have suitable premises to provide services from. No additional funding will be provided for mobilisation/premises.
To submit an Expression of Interest, a provider must fully complete and submit a response to this opportunity by 01 April 2026, 11:59:59 PM.
Previous Market Engagement related to this notice was published on 21 November 2025. Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-076019.
CPV: Miscellaneous health services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£1,356,056 together) · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Hartlepool and StocktonPublished value£566,392
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Relevant Authority) intends to follow the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process to award a contract for the provision of short tern Acute Respiratory Infection service in Hartlepool and Stockton.
The Service Specification document outlines the requirements for delivering the service which will be required to be mobilised in a timely manner upon notification by the Relevant Authority in response to seasonal winter pressures.
The contract will be for a period of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 24 months at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance commencing on 01 August 2026.
Lot #2Middlesborough & Redcar and ClevelandPublished value£589,704
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Relevant Authority) intends to follow the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process to award a contract for the provision of short tern Acute Respiratory Infection Hubs in Middlesborough & Redcar and Cleveland.
The Service Specification document outlines the requirements for delivering the service which will be required to be mobilised in a timely manner upon notification by the Relevant Authority in response to seasonal winter pressures.
The contract will be for a period of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 24 months at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance commencing on 01 August 2026.
Lot #3DarlingtonPublished value£199,960
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Relevant Authority) intends to follow the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process to award a contract for the provision of short term Acute Respiratory Infection services in Darlington.
The Service Specification document outlines the requirements for delivering the service which will be required to be mobilised in a timely manner upon notification by the Relevant Authority in response to seasonal winter pressures.
The contract will be for a period of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 24 months at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance commencing on 01 August 2026.
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| Lot | Quality | Social value | Price | Split |
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| 1 · Hartlepool and Stockton | 90 | 10 | — | |
| 2 · Middlesborough & Redcar and Cleveland | 90 | 10 | 100 | |
| 3 · Darlington | 90 | 10 | 100 |
- Suitability
Please see the Expression of Interest documentation in the documents provided at atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗.
- Economic & financial standing
In accordance with the PSR 2023 5 Key Criteria.
- Price carries 100 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 10 points.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board buys Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514), and who usually turns up
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514) →
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1 bid41% / 80%
2–350% / 7%
4–69% / 7%
7+0% / 7%
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Below estimate23% / 24%
Within ±2%77% / 61%
Above estimate0% / 15%
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Lot #1Hartlepool and StocktonCPV 8514Published estimate£566k
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1 bid80%
2–37%
4–67%
7+7%
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| ELM Alliance LimitedEarlier contract | Tees Acute Respiratory Infection Hubs Winter 25/26notice published Nov 2025 | ARI Hubs 25/26 Redcar & Cleveland and Middlesborough | £147k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| HARTLEPOOL & STOCKTON HEALTH LTDEarlier contract | Tees Acute Respiratory Infection Hubs Winter 25/26notice published Nov 2025 | ARI Hubs 25/26 Hartlepool and Stockton | £142k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Primary Healthcare DarlingtonEarlier contract | Tees Acute Respiratory Infection Hubs Winter 25/26notice published Nov 2025 | ARI Hubs 25/26 Darlington | £50k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #2Middlesborough & Redcar and ClevelandCPV 8514Published estimate£590k
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1 bid80%
2–37%
4–67%
7+7%
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| ELM Alliance LimitedEarlier contract | Tees Acute Respiratory Infection Hubs Winter 25/26notice published Nov 2025 | ARI Hubs 25/26 Redcar & Cleveland and Middlesborough | £147k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| HARTLEPOOL & STOCKTON HEALTH LTDEarlier contract | Tees Acute Respiratory Infection Hubs Winter 25/26notice published Nov 2025 | ARI Hubs 25/26 Hartlepool and Stockton | £142k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Primary Healthcare DarlingtonEarlier contract | Tees Acute Respiratory Infection Hubs Winter 25/26notice published Nov 2025 | ARI Hubs 25/26 Darlington | £50k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #3DarlingtonCPV 8514Published estimate£200k
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 15 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid80%
2–37%
4–67%
7+7%
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Where the award price may land.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| ELM Alliance LimitedEarlier contract | Tees Acute Respiratory Infection Hubs Winter 25/26notice published Nov 2025 | ARI Hubs 25/26 Redcar & Cleveland and Middlesborough | £147k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| HARTLEPOOL & STOCKTON HEALTH LTDEarlier contract | Tees Acute Respiratory Infection Hubs Winter 25/26notice published Nov 2025 | ARI Hubs 25/26 Hartlepool and Stockton | £142k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Primary Healthcare DarlingtonEarlier contract | Tees Acute Respiratory Infection Hubs Winter 25/26notice published Nov 2025 | ARI Hubs 25/26 Darlington | £50k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
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42% title match.
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Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
42% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (42% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Tees Acute Respiratory Infection Hubs Winter 25/26 — held by ELM Alliance Limited and HARTLEPOOL & STOCKTON HEALTH LTD (+1 more); no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Mar 2026, 14:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Mar 2026, 14:24 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Aug 2026 – …
- Authority reference
NENC044a- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024665- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066dc0Find a Tender
- Review procedure
In accordance with PSR 2023
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The intention is to award a contract using the Most Suitable Provider process. The award decision will be made by the NHS North East & North Cumbria Integrated Care Board. Conflicts of Interest have been managed and will be managed through this intended MSP Process. The deadline to express an interest to be considered the Most Suitable Provider is 11:59:59 P.M. on 01 April 2026. Further details can found on the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Apr 2026
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- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 Mar 2026 → 1 Apr 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published220 days ago18 Mar 2026, 14:24 GMT
- Submission deadline206 days ago1 Apr 2026
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