CORA HEALTH GROUP LTD awarded Betsi Cadwaladr pain management contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 13 Oct 2026, 15:23.

Opportunity overview

BCUHB are seeking a time limited insourced pain management service for East Integrated Health Community (EIHC). The commissioned service will provide an end to end; evidence informed biopsychosocial pathway for a cohort of approximately 350 adult patients and is intended to clear East's pain management backlog of patients waiting over 104 weeks by 31st March 2027. The provider will need to mobilise within four to six weeks of contract award and will work with the Health Board (HB) to agree a detailed monthly trajectory. Transfer, contact or triage alone will not constitute backlog clearance. Each patient must reach an appropriate, recorded pathway outcome and the HB must receive the information needed to apply the NHS Wales referral to treatment rules correctly.

Awarded to

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CORA HEALTH GROUP LTD

Matched by exact name

Contract value: £230.9k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 24 Sept 2026
Award ID: 096558-2026-BCU-FCONC-64475-1
Status: active
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, NE128EU, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV85141000 — Services provided by medical personnel

Lots

BBCUHB are seeking a time limited insourced pain management service for East Integrated Health Community (EIHC). The commissioned service will provide an end to end; evidence informed biopsychosocial pathway for a cohort of approximately 350 adult patients and is intended to clear East's pain management backlog of patients waiting over 104 weeks by 31st March 2027. The provider will need to mobilise within four to six weeks of contract award and will work with the Health Board (HB) to agree a detailed monthly trajectory. Transfer, contact or triage alone will not constitute backlog clearance. Each patient must reach an appropriate, recorded pathway outcome and the HB must receive the information needed to apply the NHS Wales referral to treatment rules correctly.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: BCU-FCONC-64475
Status: complete
Main Procurement Category: services
Procurement Method: limited
Procurement Method Details: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen: BBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board are looking to utilise a direct award via NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) Insourcing of Clinical Services. Notice published in line with the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (PSR Wales) intention to award notice

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 85141000
Description: Services provided by medical personnel

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id: D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Description: BBCUHB are seeking a time limited insourced pain management service for East Integrated Health Community (EIHC). The commissioned service will provide an end to end; evidence informed biopsychosocial pathway for a cohort of approximately 350 adult patients and is intended to clear East's pain management backlog of patients waiting over 104 weeks by 31st March 2027. The provider will need to mobilise within four to six weeks of contract award and will work with the Health Board (HB) to agree a detailed monthly trajectory. Transfer, contact or triage alone will not constitute backlog clearance. Each patient must reach an appropriate, recorded pathway outcome and the HB must receive the information needed to apply the NHS Wales referral to treatment rules correctly.
Has Options: No
Status: cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Quality
Type: quality
Description: 75

Criterion 2

Type: price
Description: 25

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 85141000
Description: Services provided by medical personnel

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKL23

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board
Id: GB-FTS-186972

Identifier

Legal Name: Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board

Address

Street Address: Ysbyty Gwynedd, Penrhosgarnedd
Locality: Bangor
Region: UK
Postal Code: LL57 2PW
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Telephone: +44 3000840840
Email: deborah.evans6@wales.nhs.uk

Roles

buyer

centralPurchasingBody

Details

Url: http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/ ↗
Buyer Profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221 ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_CA_TYPE
Id: BODY_PUBLIC
Description: Body governed by public law

Entry 2

Scheme: COFOG
Id: 07
Description: Health

Organisation 2

Name: CORA HEALTH GROUP LTD
Id: GB-FTS-187535

Identifier

Legal Name: CORA HEALTH GROUP LTD

Address

Street Address: The Light Box Quorum Business Park, Benton Lane
Locality: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Region: UK
Postal Code: NE128EU
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large

Organisation 3

Name: High Court
Id: GB-FTS-111

Identifier

Legal Name: High Court

Address

Street Address: Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
Locality: London
Postal Code: WC2A 2LL
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Telephone: +44 2079477501

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1

Id: 096558-2026-BCU-FCONC-64475-1
Status: active

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-FTS-187535
Name: CORA HEALTH GROUP LTD

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 096558-2026-BCU-FCONC-64475-1
Award ID: 096558-2026-BCU-FCONC-64475-1
Status: active
Date Signed: 25 Sept 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount: 230,910
Currency: GBP

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Bangor · UK · LL57 2PW · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKL23

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

096558-2026award, contract · 13 Oct 2026, 13:44

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board awarded CORA HEALTH GROUP LTD a £230,910 pain-management insourcing contract for the East Integrated Health Community. The published contract record is active and states it was signed on 25 September 2026, although the linked lot is marked cancelled.

Published outcome signals

Notice typeAward and contract noticeEvidence: Release history tags: award, contract.
Published statusAwarded / completeEvidence: Process display status is awarded; source status and tender status are complete.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 096558-2026-BCU-FCONC-64475-1 has status active.

91% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 096558-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078691
First published: 13 Oct 2026
Last checked: 13 Oct 2026, 15:23
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award names CORA HEALTH GROUP LTD as supplier. The contract value is published only at contract level.

Market significance

The service is intended to address a backlog of around 350 adult pain-management patients waiting more than 104 weeks, with mobilisation expected within four to six weeks of award.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

CORA HEALTH GROUP LTD

98% confidence

Award 096558-2026-BCU-FCONC-64475-1 · Lots 1 · 230910 GBP · Active award; active contract

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Verified supplier identity: CORA HEALTH GROUP LTD (company number 16036430). The award names this supplier and relates to Lot 1. A single-supplier contract linked to this award has a value of £230,910.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice type

99% confidence

Award and contract notice

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Release history tags: award, contract.

Published status

95% confidence

Awarded / complete

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Process display status is awarded; source status and tender status are complete.

Award status

97% confidence

Active

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Award 096558-2026-BCU-FCONC-64475-1 has status active.

Contract status

97% confidence

Active

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Contract 096558-2026-BCU-FCONC-64475-1 has status active.

Contract signature

99% confidence

Signed 25 September 2026

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Contract dateSigned: 2026-09-25.

Linked lot status

99% confidence

Cancelled

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Lot 1 is marked cancelled despite the active award and contract records referring to it.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value

99% confidence

£230,910

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Contract 096558-2026-BCU-FCONC-64475-1 value amount: 230910 GBP.

Value allocation

94% confidence

Published at contract level; linked to the single-supplier award

View supporting evidence

The contract is linked to award 096558-2026-BCU-FCONC-64475-1, which names one supplier. No separate lot value is published.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract signed

99% confidence

25 September 2026

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Contract dateSigned: 2026-09-25.

Notice published

99% confidence

13 October 2026

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Process published_at and release date: 2026-10-13.

Mobilisation requirement

97% confidence

Within four to six weeks of contract award

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Tender description states that the provider will need to mobilise within four to six weeks of contract award.

Backlog-clearance target

97% confidence

By 31 March 2027

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Tender description states the service is intended to clear the specified backlog by 31 March 2027.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service

98% confidence

Time-limited insourced pain-management service

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Tender description.

Service area

98% confidence

East Integrated Health Community (EIHC)

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Tender and lot descriptions.

Patient cohort

96% confidence

Approximately 350 adult patients

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Tender description.

Required pathway

98% confidence

End-to-end, evidence-informed biopsychosocial pathway with recorded patient outcomes

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Tender description requires appropriate recorded pathway outcomes and says transfer, contact or triage alone is not backlog clearance.

Classification

99% confidence

CPV 85141000 — Services provided by medical personnel

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Published classification.

Delivery region

90% confidence

UKL23

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Published delivery address region for the item.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Limited procedure: award without prior publication of a call for competition

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Published procurement method and method details.

Route stated by buyer

98% confidence

Direct award via NHS Shared Business Services Insourcing of Clinical Services

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Published procurement-method rationale.

Regulatory context

97% confidence

Notice states publication in line with the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025 intention-to-award notice

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Published procurement-method rationale.

Evaluation weighting

96% confidence

Quality 75%; price 25%

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Lot 1 award criteria.

Bid and evaluation results

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Contract status

97% confidence

Active

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Published contract status is active.

Start date

99% confidence

Unknown

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No contract start date is supplied.

End date

99% confidence

Unknown

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No contract end date is supplied.

Options

98% confidence

No options

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Lot 1 hasOptions: false.

Extensions or renewals

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Demand driver

97% confidence

Backlog reduction for pain-management patients waiting over 104 weeks

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Tender description.

Delivery emphasis

98% confidence

The buyer requires completed pathway outcomes rather than contact, transfer or triage activity alone

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Tender description.

Commercial route

97% confidence

Direct award through an NHS SBS clinical-services insourcing route

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Published procurement-method rationale.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

91%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-078691
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board

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Published buyer party and process buyer name.

Buyer type

96% confidence

Body governed by public law; health function

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Published buyer classifications: BODY_PUBLIC and COFOG 07 Health.

Buyer location

96% confidence

Bangor, United Kingdom

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Published buyer address.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Legal supplier identity

99% confidence

CORA HEALTH GROUP LTD

View supporting evidence

Supplier identity verification resolved by exact-name match; verified company number 16036430.

Company status in verification data

98% confidence

Active

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Supplier-verification record lists verifiedCompanyStatus: Active.

Published supplier scale

92% confidence

Large

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Supplier party details list scale: large.

Published supplier location

95% confidence

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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Published supplier address.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

99% confidence

Unknown; no explicit contract end date is published

View supporting evidence

Contract end date is not supplied, so an estimated renewal window cannot be calculated.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Lot and contract status inconsistency

99% confidence

Lot 1 is marked cancelled, while the related award and signed contract are both marked active

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Lot 1 status: cancelled; award and contract status: active. All three records share the same award/lot linkage.

Unpublished contract dates

99% confidence

Contract start and end dates are not supplied

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Process contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null; no dates are in the contract record beyond dateSigned.

Unpublished lot value

99% confidence

No separate lot value is supplied

View supporting evidence

Lot 1 value is null; contract value is published at contract level.

Supplier identity quality

99% confidence

Supplier identity verified by exact-name match

View supporting evidence

Verification data resolves CORA HEALTH GROUP LTD to company number 16036430.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The linked Lot 1 is marked cancelled while the award and contract records are active; the published data does not explain this inconsistency.
Information not supplied in the published notice: contract start date, contract end date, duration, extension terms, detailed pricing, bid count, bidder identities and evaluation results.
No separate lot value is published; the £230,910 value is reported from the contract record linked to the single-supplier award.
The 31 March 2027 date is a stated backlog-clearance target, not a published contract end date.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who was awarded the pain-management insourcing contract?

CORA HEALTH GROUP LTD is the named and verified supplier for the active award.

What is the published contract value?

The contract record states £230,910 GBP.

Was the contract signed?

Yes. The published contract data gives a signature date of 25 September 2026.

What is the service intended to deliver?

An end-to-end biopsychosocial pain-management pathway for approximately 350 adult patients in the East Integrated Health Community.

Is there a published end date?

No. The notice gives a backlog-clearance target of 31 March 2027 but does not publish a contract end date.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

BCU-FCONC-64475 Provision of Pain Management Insourcing at Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

CORA HEALTH GROUP LTD

Classification

Lots

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Classification

Covered By

Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

Award criteria

Criteria

Items and delivery

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Roles

Details

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Award information

Related lots

Suppliers

Contracts and changes

Value

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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