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title: "NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB -Sefton Place - Community Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0407cb"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2023-10-04"
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# NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB -Sefton Place - Community Services

Buyer: NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0407cb

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## Summary

The NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded a 2-year contract for Community Services to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in the southern area of Sefton Place. The contract, valued at £25 million per year, commenced on 1st June 2022. The contracting authority followed a limited procurement method, using the award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The procurement process culminated in the contract award being agreed by the South Sefton CCG governing body in March 2022.

This contract award offers business growth opportunities for healthcare service providers looking to engage in delivering community services for patients living in Sefton Place. Businesses with expertise in district nursing, therapies, phlebotomy, podiatry, and treatment room care are well-suited to compete for this contract. With a focus on quality over price, this tender provides a chance for healthcare providers to align contracts and make future commissioning decisions within the new Integrated Care System (ICS) framework.

## Notice

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) is working on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside - Sefton Place who has awarded a 2-year contract for Community Services for patients living in the southern area of Sefton Place, which commenced on 1st June 2022.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) is working on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside - Sefton Place who has awarded a 2-year contract for Community Services for patients living in the southern area of Sefton Place, which commenced on 1st June 2022.

The Community Service delivers local, accessible services such as district nursing, therapies, phlebotomy, podiatry, treatment room care.

The two-year contract is a modification of the original contract that was awarded with a contract start date of 1st June 2017 and contract end date of 31st May 2022. The original contract was valued at PS25 million per annum.

The additional contract is valued at PS25 million per year and the second year may be subject to an annual inflationary uplift which may be applied in line with usual contracting arrangements.

### Procurement Information

This Contract Award Notice is published under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.

Midlands and Lancashire CSU is publishing this Contract Award Notice to confirm the award of a contract modification and extension for Community Services to Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust by NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Commissioning Board (ICB ) for the southern area of Sefton. The contract award was agreed by South Sefton CCG governing body in March 2022 (prior to the transformation to NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB).

Merseycare provide community services across the ICB area and awarding this short-term contract as an interim measure will allow time and opportunity to work across the new Integrated Care System (ICS) to align contracts and make future commissioning decisions.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029238-2023 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Oct 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Mar 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £50,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | LIVERPOOL |
| Post town | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L3 4BL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Electoral ward | Festival Gardens |
| Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside |
| Delivery location | TLD73 Sefton |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 4 Oct 2023 at 10:57 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029238-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.merseycare.nhs.uk
- https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/
- https://www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk

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