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30 Sep 2026 at 16:54

Summary of the contracting process

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board commissioned continuing healthcare services to meet individual patients’ clinical needs. The care must comply with the statutory National Framework for NHS-funded care. It covers continuing healthcare, funded nursing care, complex packages including palliative care, continuing care for children and young people, specialist mental health care under Section 117, and specialist learning disability care. Delivery is arranged for individual patients according to their placement, across Cheshire and Merseyside and potentially elsewhere in the UK. This is a service for providers able to deliver tailored health and social care packages, rather than a single standardised service at one site.

The procurement is complete and contracts were awarded to 65 providers, including Ablecare (Philiphaugh) Ltd, Activecare Limited, Aemulator CIC, Alcedo Blue Limited, Amberley Care Home Limited, Aspirations (SL) Ltd, Avalon Group (Social Care), B Homecare & Co Ltd, Betamindes Limited, Bridgewater Home Care Ltd, Brimstage Manor Limited, Brookfield House Care Home Limited, Cae Glas, Care Consortium (Biddulph) Limited, Care UK Care Services Limited, CARECONCEPTS (CHESHIRE) LTD, Careconcepts (Manchester) Ltd, Caring Alternatives Limited, Cheshire Home Care Solutions Limited, Choice Support, Community Integrated Care, Complete Care Holdings Limited, Country Court Care Homes 3 OpCo Limited, Hayes Healthcare Limited, Kingsview Homes Limited, Lentulus Properties Limited, Looking Forward Activities Ltd, Partnerships in Care (Oak Vale) Limited, six Springcare companies, The Bitenshaw Group, Windy Knowe Limited, WT UK Opco 4 Limited, Cow Lees Care Home Ltd, Dalesview Partnership Limited, Deva Senior Care Services Ltd, ECHO Supported Living Services Limited, FAB Social Care Ltd, Golden Care Group Limited, Heathcotes Care Limited, Homecare4U Limited, HWH Homecare Limited, Independence-Development Ltd, InSafeHands Limited, J.O.T. Limited, JSH Care Services Limited, Lavender House Residential Home Limited, Live Life Well Limited, Mars Cheshire Limited, MCS Healthcare Limited, Cheshire Rural Care Ltd, MY3 Limited, New Care Chester (Opco) Limited, Nightingale Group Limited, Pooltown Care Limited, PuttingYouFirst Ltd, Re-enabled Support Services Ltd, Sandstone Care Cheshire Limited, Selborne Care Limited, SimplyHelpingSeniors Limited and Sugarman Health and Wellbeing Limited. Contracts were signed on 1 April 2025 and run to 31 March 2026. Each contract is recorded at £0.01; the lot description says the arrangement has nil value, with individual patient agreements carrying agreed costs. Awards followed Direct Award B under the Provider Selection Regime, without a prior competition. Patient choice carried 99% of the stated evaluation weighting and price 1%.

This award demonstrates demand for established providers able to take on individual NHS-funded care packages across Cheshire and Merseyside, with placements dependent on patients’ needs. The selected organisations span care homes, homecare, supported living and specialist care providers, indicating that credible suppliers need to match their service capability to the particular package rather than offer only a generic care service. Relevant experience includes continuing healthcare and funded nursing care, complex and palliative care, children’s continuing care, Section 117 mental health services and specialist learning disability support. Providers must be able to work to the statutory National Framework and respond to individual clinical requirements. The stated evaluation strongly favoured patient choice over price, so the ability to provide appropriate options for patients is central to competing for similar requirements from this buyer.

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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 Place. 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-077e14
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092581-2026
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
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
65
Supplier Names

Able Care (Philiphaugh) Ltd

Activecare Limited

Aemulator CIC

Alcedo Blue Limited

Amberley Care Home Limited

Aspirations (SL) Ltd

Avalon Group (Social Care)

B Homecare & Co Ltd

Betamindes Limited

BRIDGEWATER HOME CARE LTD

Brimstage Manor Limited

Brookfield House Care Home Limited

Cae Glas (formally Minffordd)

CARE CONSORTIUM (BIDDULPH) LIMITED

CARE UK CARE SERVICES LIMITED

CARECONCEPTS (CHESHIRE) LTD

CareConcepts Manchester Ltd

Caring Alternatives

Cheshire Home Care Solutions Limited

Choice Support

Community Integrated Care

COMPLETE CARE HOLDINGS LIMITED

COUNTRY COURT CARE HOMES 3 OPCO LIMITED

Hayes Healthcare Limited

Kingsview Homes Limited

Lentulus Properties Ltd

Looking Forward Activities Ltd

Partnerships in Care (Oak Vale) Limited

Springcare (Davenham) Limited

Springcare (Hatton) Ltd

Springcare (Kings Court) Limited

SPRINGCARE (KNUTSFORD) LIMITED

Springcare (Macclesfield) Ltd

Springcare (Sandiway) Limited

The Bitenshaw Group

Windy Knowe Limited

WT UK OPCO 4 LIMITED

Cow Lees Care Home Ltd

Dalesview Partnership Limited

Deva Senior Care Services Ltd

ECHO Supported Living Services LTD

Fab Social Care Ltd

Golden Care Group Ltd

Heathcotes Care Limited

homecare4u ltd

HWH Homecare Limited

Independence-Development Ltd

In Safe Hands

J.O.T. Limited

JSH CARE SERVICES LIMITED

LAVENDER HOUSE RESIDENTIAL HOME LIMITED

Live Life Well Limited

MARS CHESHIRE LIMITED

MCS Healthcare Limited

Cheshire Rural Care

My 3 Ltd

NEW CARE CHESTER (OPCO) LIMITED

Nightingale Group Limited

Pooltown Care Limited

Putting you first

Re-enabled Support Services Ltd

SANDSTONE CARE CHESHIRE LIMITED

Selborne Care Limited

SimplyHelpingSeniors Limited

SUGARMAN HEALTH AND WELLBEING LIMITED

Further Information

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