West Lancashire Community Services - NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB (October 25)

NHS LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

TenderUpdate

25 Jun 2026 at 09:42

Award

20 Feb 2026 at 16:02

TenderUpdate

28 Oct 2025 at 09:47

Tender

24 Oct 2025 at 14:00

Planning

07 Feb 2025 at 17:11

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process led by NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) aimed to provide community health services in West Lancashire, focusing on transforming community health and care systems. The contract, valued at £54,985,915 over a five-year period with an annual value of £10,997,183, involves services such as a Community Diabetes Service, Community Stroke and Neuro Rehabilitation Service, and an Intermediate Care Therapy Service. The services are intended to start on 1st July 2026, with the procurement process following the Provider Selection Regime as per the Health Care Services Regulations 2023. The ICB awarded the contract to NHS Mersey & West Lancashire NHS Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust on 19th June 2026. Covering the region of West Lancashire, the tender was open for electronic submission, and future service provisions are planned until 30th June 2031.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses in the healthcare sector, particularly those specialising in integrated community care and health services. Companies with strong capabilities in delivering adult physical health services, paediatric podiatry, and specialist rehabilitation services could greatly benefit. The competitive procurement process highlighted key criteria such as quality, innovation, and social value, making it ideal for businesses that excel in these areas and are looking to expand their footprint in the healthcare community services market. The collaborative nature of the procurement encourages engagement with experienced providers, aiming to elevate health outcomes and tackle health inequalities within the community.

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Notice Title

West Lancashire Community Services - NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB (October 25)

Notice Description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) has been acting as an agent on behalf of NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) who were looking to undertake a Competitive process for the provision of the Community Services in West Lancashire. The Authority has set out an ambition to have a world-class, community-centric health and care system, with its four place-based partnerships, or "places", at the heart of this Transformation. One of the ICB's top priorities is to transform community health services and integrated community teams, aiming to elevate health outcomes, tackle health inequalities, and keep more people thriving within their communities. By transforming community services, the Lancashire and South Cumbria system will be empowered to support people in staying well, proactively identifying those at risk of deterioration, and offering them personalised care and support. Community health services cover a wide range of services and provide care for people from birth to the end of their life. Community health teams play a vital role in supporting people with complex health and care needs to live independently in their own home as long as possible. Lancashire and South Cumbria has four places: Lancashire, South Cumbria, Blackpool, and Blackburn with Darwen. West Lancashire is a district area of Lancashire and is predominantly a rural district. It has a population of approximately 118,000 people and is made up of the 1960s new town of Skelmersdale, the historic market town of Ormskirk, and a number of villages situated primarily in the rural Northern Parishes. West Lancashire Community Services are mainly adult physical health services but include paediatric podiatry services for those children who need local access to community services. The value of the contract was PS10,997,183 per annum. The total contract value over the 3 years plus potential 2-year extension was PS54,985,915.00 There is a range of specifications that will form the overall contract and these include a Community Diabetes Service; a Community Stroke and Neuro Rehabilitation Service; and an Intermediate Care Therapy Service. The ICB has awarded one contract for all of these specifications.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This notice is for an intention to award a contract, for West Lancashire Community Services, under a competitive process. The proposed new contract covers the West Lancashire locality within the Authority's area. The ICB is committed to providing stability to the sector and a model of services is being proposed, which intends to procure services for 3 years, with an option to extend for a further 2 years. The contract is intended to start on 1st July 2026. Contract Start Date: 1st July 2026 Contract End Date: 30th June 2031 The process was a competitive tendering process which was ran in line with the competitive tendering principles set out in the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Regulations which support transparent, proportionate and fair decision making, in addition to the 5 key criteria which underpin the Regime of (i) quality and innovation; (ii) value; (iii)integration, collaboration and service sustainability, (iv) improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice; and (v) social value. 1 bidder has been selected as the highest overall scoring bidder and has been recommended as a successful bidder. This contract will be for an existing service. This contract will be with NHS Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The ITT went live on Friday 24th October 2025 on the Atamis portal. The deadline for submissions was Thursday 4th December 2025. The Atamis project reference was: C394494 "LSC West Lancashire Community Services - October25" The questionnaires were located within the requirements. The contract award criteria was specified in the procurement documents which included the agreed relative importance of key criteria, which bids were evaluated against. Additional information: This process was a competitive process, in accordance with regulation 11 of the provider selection regime 2023 for the award of a contract with a competition. This ITT was made available to all Bidders who have expressed a potential interest in delivering this service in line with the requirements which fall under Regulation 11 for the award of a contract with a competition, and Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. As such, the competitive tendering of these Services was run as a bespoke, single-stage tender process as described in the documentation in this ITT, and in the Find a Tender contract notice advertisement.

Renewal: 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dd01
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059730-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£54,985,915 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£54,985,915 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£54,985,915 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Jun 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
24 Nov 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
7 Mar 2025Expired
Award Date
17 Feb 20264 months ago
Contract Period
30 Jun 2026 - 30 Jun 2031 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Additional Buyers

NHS LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD ICB

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
PRESTON
Postcode
PR1 8XB
Post Town
Preston
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD4 Lancashire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD45 Mid Lancashire
Delivery Location
TLD47 Chorley and West Lancashire

Local Authority
Preston
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Preston

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

NHS MERSEY & WEST LANCASHIRE NHS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

NHS MERSEY & WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

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