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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 12:47

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Summary of the contracting process

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board commissioned continuing healthcare services for patients across Cheshire and Merseyside, with delivery at locations determined by individual patient placements. The service covers NHS-funded continuing healthcare and funded nursing care, including complex and palliative care packages, continuing care for children and young people, specialist mental health care under Section 117, and specialist support for people with learning disabilities. Care is to comply with the statutory National Framework for NHS-funded care and is commissioned for each patient according to service specifications. The procurement concerns ongoing clinical care rather than a single centralised facility or one uniform care package: providers deliver the appropriate commissioned service to meet individual patients’ needs.

The ICB awarded the contracts through the Provider Selection Regime’s Direct Award B route, without a prior competition, and the process is recorded as complete. The committee approved this approach on 19 November 2024; Place CHC teams selected providers through onboarding from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 to meet immediate patient needs. The contract period for the Cheshire Place arrangement runs from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. It is described as nil value, with costs agreed in individual place agreements; the contract entries each record £0.01. Fifty active awards are listed, including ABBENDON HEALTHCARE LTD, Bupa Care Homes entities, local care providers and charities. Evaluation gave patient choice 99% and price 1%. The arrangement is described as existing providers delivering existing services.

This award shows recurring demand from the ICB for providers able to deliver NHS-funded continuing healthcare in response to individual patient placements, rather than a single standard package. Credible competitors will need operational capacity to provide the relevant mix of continuing healthcare, funded nursing care, complex and palliative care, children’s continuing care, specialist mental health support and specialist learning-disability services, in line with the statutory National Framework and patient-specific specifications. The selected provider base includes care homes, homecare and support providers, charities, and organisations of different sizes, indicating that relevant delivery capability can sit across varied provider models. Patient choice carried substantially more evaluation weight than price, so providers need to demonstrate a suitable service match for individual clinical needs as well as the ability to agree costs within individual place arrangements.

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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. 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-077d84
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092339-2026
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
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

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
TLD6 Cheshire, TLD7 Merseyside
Local Authority
Warrington
Electoral Ward
Bewsey and Whitecross
Westminster Constituency
Warrington South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
50
Supplier Names

Abbendon Healthcare Ltd

Adamstan Limited

Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton

Ascot Lodge Ltd

Beechwood (Liverpool) Limited

BIRKDALE PARK LIMITED

Bupa Care Homes (AKW) Limited

BUPA CARE HOMES (ANS) LIMITED

BUPA CARE HOMES (GL) LIMITED

Care Connect UK Ltd

Collinson Cares (2021) Ltd

Cozee Care Homes Limited

Delta Care Ltd

Evolving Care Limited

GP Homecare Ltd

Goshen Care Solutions Ltd

Heron Care Limited

Hudah Group

Individual Care and Support Services Limited

JW HOME CARE LIMITED

Laburnum House Shaw Ltd

Liver Care

MANNA CARE LTD

Mayfield Fellowship

Miss Tracy Robertson

Mr Michael James Holmes

My Care Choice Limited

Next Step Support Ltd

Nugent Care

Origin Recruitment Limited

Parkhaven Trust

PremCard Limited

Pulse Healthcare Limited

Reliance Care Homes Limited

THE ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND CHARITY, LIVERPOOL

RSJB Quality Care Homes Limited

Sabaoth Care Ltd

Salvere Support Ltd

Sefton and Merseyside Senior Care Services

Senior Care Services Limited

Spinal Unit Action Group

ST MARY'S NURSING HOME LIMITED

Tamami Healthcare Ltd

Together Trust

Transition Care Company Limited

Tudor Bank Limited

Utopia Social Care Limited

Unity Homes Limited

WELLINGTON HEALTHCARE (ARDEN) LTD

Westgate Healthcare (Aylesbury) Limited

Further Information

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