Notice Information
Notice Title
Integrated Community Care Service providing Step Down Beds to Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries
Notice Description
Integrated Community Care Service providing 5 Step Down Beds to Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This is an Intention to Award Notice - to inform market of the Relevant Authority's intention to Award a Contract for an Integrated Community Care Service providing Step Down Beds to Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, following a competitive process. The lifetime value of the contract is expected to be PS242,410. This is an existing service and will be delivered by a new provider. It is anticipated that the service will commence on 21st November 2025 for a term of 6 months.
Renewal: 2 year extension option
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0564f4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072566-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,100,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £242,410 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 26 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 10 Nov 20253 months ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MERSEY AND WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Christina Fletcher
- Contact Email
- christina.fletcher@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PRESCOT
- Postcode
- L35 5DR
- Post Town
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD71 East Merseyside
- Delivery Location
- TLD North West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Knowsley
- Electoral Ward
- Whiston and Cronton
- Westminster Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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