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Continuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside

NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

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30 Sep 2026 at 12:41

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Summary of the contracting process

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board commissioned continuing healthcare services to meet individual patients’ clinical needs. The service covers NHS-funded continuing healthcare, funded nursing care and complex care packages, including palliative care. It also includes continuing care for children and young people, specialist mental health care under Section 117, and specialist learning disability care. Providers deliver commissioned care for each patient in accordance with the statutory National Framework and the relevant service specifications. The arrangements cover patients placed in various locations across the UK, with placement determining where care is delivered. This is a service procurement rather than a purchase of goods or construction works, and is relevant to organisations able to provide patient-specific health and social care packages across these care needs.

The contracts have been awarded to 51 providers, including care homes, nursing and domiciliary care businesses, supported-living providers and individual providers. NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB’s Place CHC teams identified suitable providers through its onboarding process to meet immediate patient needs. The route was Direct Award B under the Provider Selection Regime, without a prior call for competition; the ICB committee approved this approach on 19 November 2024. The evaluation weighting recorded patient choice at 99 and price at 1. The contract period runs from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, and contracts were signed on 1 April 2025. The published contract values are £0.01 each; individual place agreements within the contracts include agreed costs. The tender is marked complete.

This award demonstrates demand for patient-specific continuing healthcare across Cheshire and Merseyside, spanning nursing, complex and palliative care, children’s continuing care, specialist mental health and learning disability support. The selected provider pool ranges from small local care businesses to larger care organisations, showing that capability in this market is not confined to national-scale operators. A credible competitor would need to deliver care matched to individual clinical needs and comply with the statutory National Framework and the relevant service specifications. Providers should be able to support patient placements in differing locations and across the care types they offer. The recorded evaluation placed very strong emphasis on patient choice compared with price, so providers would need to make a persuasive case that their services suit patients’ needs and preferences, alongside offering competitive costs.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Continuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside

Notice Description

The main purpose of the service is to deliver a service that fully complies with the statutory National Framework in relation to NHS Funded Care. This includes delivery of commissioned care, per individual patient, in line with service specifications that cover: Continuing healthcare Funded nursing care Complex care packages including palliative care Children's and young people's continuing care Specialist mental health care (Section 117) Specialist learning disabilities

Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Cheshire Place has awarded a contract via Direct Award B to deliver a CHC service in Cheshire & Merseyside. The contract will start on the 1st of April 2025 and expire on 31st March 2026. The contract will be of nil value and will include individual place agreements within the contract that will include agreed costs. Then include one of the following statements: This is a new provider delivering existing CHC Service across Cheshire and Merseyside. or This is an existing provider delivering existing CHC Service across Cheshire and Merseyside

Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d82
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092336-2026
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
Large, 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
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Sep 20266 days 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
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Warrington
Electoral Ward
Bewsey and Whitecross
Westminster Constituency
Warrington South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
51
Supplier Names

1st Care Limited

Accomplish Group Lifestyles Limited

ADVINIA CARE HOMES LIMITED

Alphacare NW Domiciliary and Support Services Ltd

Aspirations Care Limited

Benridge Care Homes Limited

Broughton House - Veteran Care Village

Care Concern Nw Ltd

CE Statelys Ltd

Cooper Noble Care Ltd

Cygnet NW Limited

CYGNET HEALTHCARE ON BEHALF OF ISAND LIMITED

DHP Care Limited

Different Care Holdings Ltd

Eden Care at Home Limited

Expect Ltd

Glenelg Support Limited

H.W.C.G.S. Care Limited

Hilldale Housing Association Limited

Icare Solutions Merseyside Ltd

J Lysaght

Kingsley Healthcare (Formby) Ltd

Langley House Trust

LVNH Limited

Maven Healthcare (St. Oswalds) LLP

Mediline Supported Living Limited

Mountbatton Care Limited

Mrs Lynda Margery Dunlop

New Day Care Limited

Noble Care Alliances

Oldbridge Healthcare Limited

Park Road St Helens Limited

Peacehaven House

Prestige Nursing Ltd

Prospect House (Malpas) Limited

Randomlight Limited

Regal Care Liverpool Ltd

Richmond Villages Operations Limited

Ross Jones Limited

Rushcliffe Care Limited

SAFE HANDS CARE & SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED

SarJoeMc Limited

Sefton New Directions Limited

Simple Care 4U Limited

Spyke Enterprises Ltd

Stone House Care Home Ltd

The Julie Richardson Ltd.

Total Healthcare Ltd

United Response

VISION BEYOND AUTISM CIC

Woodlands Rest Home Limited

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