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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 16:02

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Summary of the contracting process

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board buys continuing healthcare services for individual patients across Cheshire and Merseyside, with placements made according to clinical need. The service is required to comply with the statutory National Framework for NHS-funded care. It covers continuing healthcare, funded nursing care, complex care packages including palliative care, children’s and young people’s continuing care, specialist mental health care under Section 117, and specialist learning disability care. Delivery takes place in different locations according to each patient’s placement, so suppliers need to provide care across the area and respond to individual requirements. This is a health services contract (CPV 85100000), covering an existing service delivered by an existing provider.

The contract has been awarded through the Provider Selection Regime to 56 named providers, including care homes, home-care and specialist health service organisations. Contracts were signed on 1 April 2025 and run from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. The contract is described as having nil value, with costs agreed separately in individual place agreements; the recorded value for each contract is £0.01. The buyer used Direct Award B, without a prior competition. The stated evaluation weighting was 99% patient choice and 1% price. The onboarding decisions were made by local Continuing Healthcare teams to meet an individual patient’s immediate clinical needs. The buyer’s committee approved this direct-award approach on 19 November 2024.

This award shows that the ICB sources a broad range of NHS-funded care for individual patients through locally arranged placements, rather than as a single fixed-volume service. Providers selected included small and large organisations, individual care providers and specialist organisations, indicating that businesses with different operating models may fit where their services meet a patient’s needs. Credible competitors need the ability to deliver care that meets the statutory National Framework and to provide relevant provision across continuing healthcare, nursing, complex and palliative care, children’s continuing care, specialist mental health or learning disability support. Patient choice dominated the recorded assessment, so a supplier’s fit with individual clinical requirements and ability to support patient choice are central. This is a relevant market for established care providers able to respond to place-based referrals and agree costs for individual placements.»

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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 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-077df0
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092530-2026
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
56
Supplier Names

Melrose House Cullercoats Ltd

MENTAL HEALTH CARE (HOYLAKE) LIMITED

Milecertain Limited

Minster Care Management Ltd

Moorlands Rehabilitation (Staffordshire) Limited

Mr Danny So

Mr Richard Burdett

Mrs K Shone

Mrs Stella Shaw

My Care My Home

Nested Support Ltd

New Care Formby OPCO Limited

Nwe Care Grappenhall (OPCO) Limited

NEW CARE GUISELEY (OPCO) LIMITED

New Care Handforth (OPCO) Limited

New Care Lytham (OPCO) Limited

New Care Opco (Woodford) Ltd

Norfolk Affinity Care Services Ltd

North West Care Cooperative Limited

Oakfield Psychological Services Limited

OZUMBA TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

PEMBROKESHIRE RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED

Phoenix Collaborative Care Ltd

PLATINUM HOMECARE 4U LIMITED

Promedica24 (Lancashire) Ltd

Roseside Health Care Limited

Royal Mencap Society

Ryding Care Services Limited

S.J. Care Homes (Wallasey) Limited

Sage Care Limited

Sai Care Limited

Salisbury Management Services Limited

SCOTIA HEALTH CARE LIMITED

SHIRE OAKS COURT HEALTH CARE LIMITED

Soundpace Limited

Spring Forth Health Care

St Andrew's Healthcare

St George's (Liverpool) Limited

Surecare Health Ltd

The Frances Taylor Foundation

The London Centre for Eating Disorders and Body Image Ltd.

The Old Garden Care Ltd

The Woodlands Care Home TWCH LLP

W.I.L.L. Wirral Independent Living And Learning

Waythrough

When The Flag Drops Ltd

Wings Care (North West) LLP

Wirral Care Services Limited

Wirral Mind

Woodheath Care Limited

Woodworkout Ltd

Woolston House Health Care Limited

Your Health Ltd

Allied Care Ltd

Julie Harrison

Brighter Bloom Healthcare Group Ltd

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