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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 16:21

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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. The work covers care funded by the NHS under the statutory National Framework, including continuing healthcare, funded nursing care and complex packages such as palliative care. It also includes continuing care for children and young people, specialist mental health care under Section 117 and specialist learning disability care. Care is arranged to meet each patient’s clinical needs, with service specifications governing delivery. This is a health and social care opportunity for providers able to deliver commissioned care across a range of settings and levels of complexity. The buyer is the Integrated Care Board, based in Warrington.

The procurement is complete and contracts were awarded through the Provider Selection Regime using Direct Award B, without a prior competition. The award decision followed approval by the ICB’s Finance, Investment and Resource Committee. Sixty-one suppliers were selected, including Abbeyfield Society, Advantage Healthcare, Affinity Healthcare, Greenacres Nursing Home, Home Group and Woodlands Care (Cheshire), alongside other care homes, home-care providers and organisations. Contracts were signed on 1 April 2025 and run from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. The recorded value is £0.01 per contract; the procurement description characterises the contract as nil value and says individual place agreements contain agreed costs. Evaluation gave patient choice a 99% weighting and price 1%.

This award shows that the ICB uses individual provider onboarding to meet immediate patient needs, as well as commissioning continuing healthcare across Cheshire and Merseyside. The supplier pool is broad: it includes home-care organisations, nursing and care homes, specialist care providers, education-related organisations and public bodies, with both small and large suppliers represented. A credible competitor would need to deliver commissioned, patient-specific care in line with the statutory National Framework and the relevant service specifications. The scope spans funded nursing and continuing healthcare, complex and palliative packages, children’s continuing care, Section 117 mental health services and specialist learning disability care. The stated evaluation weighting makes patient choice the dominant consideration, with price carrying a much smaller share.

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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-077e01
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092552-2026
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
57
Supplier Names

The Abbeyfield Society Ltd

Interserve Healthcare Ltd

Affinity Healthcare Limited

Aggregate Holdings Limited

Ash Croft Care Limited

Bellfred Limited

Care Concepts Limited

CareCaliRaya Ltd

Community Care Direct Limited

Crestview Care Ltd

Executive Home Care Services Limited

GAP KARE LIMITED

Greenacres Nursing Home Limited

Highpoint Care (West Derby) Limited

Hummingbird Home Help and Care Limited

Instream Partnership Limited

Keys Group Progressive Education Limited

Lancashire County Council

Longton Home Ltd

Manuel Divine Care

ME 2U Centre Limited

Mount Pleasant Nursing Home

Natural Breaks Limited

NFC Health & Social Care Ltd

Oceancross Ltd

PARK HOMES (UK) LIMITED

Pressbeau Limited

Rayman Group Limited

RMD Care Services Limited

Sable Cottage Limited

Sandstone Care North West Ltd

SEFTON CARERS CENTRE

Share The Care

The Integral Care Hub Ltd

Tordan Healthcare

Turner Home

Victoria Community Care Ltd

Westmorland Healthcare Limited

WOODLANDS CARE (CHESHIRE) LIMITED

R-H-P Outreach Services Ltd

Stapely Jewish Care Home Limited

Courtyard Care Limited

Crown Care Rossendale Limited

DREW CARE LIMITED

ECH (Embrace Care Homes) Colwyn Bay Limited

Equilibrium Healthcare Limited

First Call Community Systems Ltd

Forevermore Care Group

HAPPY VALLEY HOME CARE LIMITED

Heathbrock Limited

Home Group

MANOR CARE HOME

MAYDEN SUPPORT LTD

Mayfield Homecare Services Limited

Moorlands Home Care Limited

New Age Care Limited

Sherborne Court Neurological Centre Limited

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