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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 15:53

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Summary of the contracting process

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board commissioned continuing healthcare services for individual patients across Cheshire and Merseyside, with care delivered at locations determined by patient placement. 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 must deliver care in line with the statutory National Framework and the relevant service specifications. This is patient-specific commissioned care rather than a single, uniform service delivered at one fixed site; the requirement spans different care needs and placements across the area.

The process is complete and contracts have been awarded under the Provider Selection Regime, using Direct Award B without prior publication of a competition. The ICB committee approved this approach on 19 November 2024; place teams identified suitable providers to meet immediate clinical needs. Twenty-three suppliers were selected: Ability 2 Achieve Care & Support, Aceso Services, Muir Group Housing Association, Places for People Group, Unity Lives, Warrington Speak Up, AMB Care, Aurem Care (Hillcrest), Brew 13 Services, Catalyst Choices, Akari Care, Ashwood Home Care, B & L Property Investments, Bespoke Care Cheshire, Bluecroft Estates, Care Connect Cheshire, Care Quality Services, Carefound Home Care (Wilmslow), Cheshire Deaf Society, Cheshire Homecare Services, Compassionate Healthcare, Connect Care Consultancy and Consensus Support Services. Contracts were signed on 1 April 2025 and run to 31 March 2026. The lot description says nil value, with costs agreed in individual place agreements; each contract is recorded at £0.01. Evaluation placed 99% weight on patient choice and 1% on price.

This award shows demand for a broad local provider network able to respond to individual patient placements, rather than a single fixed-volume contract. Credible suppliers need to deliver care that meets the statutory National Framework and specified NHS requirements across continuing healthcare, funded nursing, complex and palliative care, children’s services, Section 117 mental health care or specialist learning disability support. Providers with relevant care capabilities, flexible capacity and coverage across Cheshire and Merseyside are aligned with the requirement; the selected group includes home-care businesses, housing and support organisations, specialist providers and larger care operators. Patient choice dominated the recorded evaluation, so suitability for individual needs and the ability to support patient-led placement decisions are central competitive strengths. The nil-value lot description indicates that payment is agreed through individual place agreements, rather than a single stated contract sum.

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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-077de8
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092521-2026
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
TLD6 Cheshire, TLD7 Merseyside
Local Authority
Warrington
Electoral Ward
Bewsey and Whitecross
Westminster Constituency
Warrington South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
23
Supplier Names

Ability 2 Achieve Care & Support Limited

Aceso Services Ltd

Muir Group Housing Association

Places for People Group Limited

Unity Lives

Warrington Speak Up

AMB Care Ltd

Aurem Care (Hillcrest) Limited

Brew 13 Services Limited

Catalyst Choices CIC

AKARI CARE LIMITED

Ashwood Home Care Ltd

B & L PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Bespoke Care Cheshire Ltd

BLUECROFT ESTATES LIMITED

CARE CONNECT CHESHIRE LTD

Allied Health-Services Limited

Carefound Home Care

Cheshire Deaf Society

Cheshire Homecare Services

Compassionate healthcare

Connect Care Consultancy Ltd

Consensus Support Services Ltd

Further Information

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