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Wirral Cancer Prehabilitation Service

NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

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18 Sep 2026 at 16:45

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Summary of the contracting process

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board is procuring the Wirral Cancer Prehabilitation Service, a health service for patients registered with a Wirral GP. It provides evidence-based support before cancer treatment, covering physical activity, nutrition, psychological wellbeing and behaviour change. The purpose is to help patients optimise their health before treatment, with delivery focused on patients registered with a Wirral Place GP in Wirral. The service is categorised as health services. It is relevant to providers able to deliver integrated cancer prehabilitation and related patient support, including clinical, nutritional, psychological and behaviour-change interventions in a community or local NHS setting. The stated requirement is for a single service delivered across the Wirral area.

The procurement has reached an intention-to-award stage under the Provider Selection Regime 2023, with One Wirral CIC selected as the incumbent provider. A one-year contract was approved on 15 September 2026 and signed on that date; the planned contract period is 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027, with an option to extend by six months. The lot describes an annual value of £180,862, while the contract record gives a value of £271,293. The route is Direct Award C, using a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Evaluation considered quality at 99% and price at 1%. The notice starts an eight-working-day standstill period for provider representations, so the award was not yet formally completed when published.

This procurement indicates continuing local demand for a cancer prehabilitation service combining physical activity, nutrition, psychological wellbeing and behaviour change. A credible future competitor would need to show that it can deliver evidence-based interventions for patients preparing for cancer treatment, work effectively with NHS and community partners, and support access, patient choice and the reduction of health inequalities. The evaluation placed greatest emphasis on quality and innovation, followed by access and inequalities, integration and collaboration, social value, and service sustainability; price carried comparatively little weight. Providers with established local reach, strong multidisciplinary delivery, reliable referral and patient-support arrangements, and evidence of sustaining outcomes at service level would be well placed to compete when this requirement next reaches the market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Wirral Cancer Prehabilitation Service

Notice Description

The service delivers evidence-based interventions focused on physical activity, nutrition, psychological well-being and behaviour change; enabling patients to optimise their health prior to their cancer treatment for patients registered with a Wirral GP.

Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Wirral Place intend to award a 1 year contract via Direct Award C to the incumbent provider to deliver the Cancer Prehabilitation Service in Wirral. The contract will start on 1st October 2026, expire on 30th September 2027 and has an option to extend for a further 6 months. The annual contract value is PS180,862.

Options: Option to extend for a further 6 months.

Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by withing 8 working days. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0775db
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088889-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£271,293 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WARRINGTON
Postcode
WA1 1QY
Postcode Area
Warrington
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD6 Cheshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD61 Warrington
Delivery Location
TLD74 Wirral
Local Authority
Warrington
Electoral Ward
Bewsey and Whitecross
Westminster Constituency
Warrington South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

One Wirral CIC

Further Information

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