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title: "NHS Cheshire and Merseyside - Community Services for North Sefton"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-042a18"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2023-12-29"
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# NHS Cheshire and Merseyside - Community Services for North Sefton

Buyer: NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-042a18

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## Summary

The procurement process for the contract titled "NHS Cheshire and Merseyside - Community Services for North Sefton" involves the NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board. This contract falls under the Health and social work services industry category. It is currently in the award stage, with the contract value of £15 million signed on 19th September 2023. The contract is geographically focused on the northern area of Sefton in the United Kingdom.

This tender presents business growth opportunities for companies offering healthcare services, particularly those specialized in community services like district nursing, therapies, phlebotomy, and podiatry. Businesses capable of delivering high-quality care in the specified region should consider competing. The procurement method used is a negotiated procedure without prior publication, indicating a tailored approach to supplier selection based on specific technical reasons identified by the contracting authority.

## Notice

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) is working on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside - Sefton Place who is awarding a contract for Community Services for patients living in the northern area of Sefton Place.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) is working on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside - Sefton Place who is awarding a contract for Community Services for patients living in the northern area of Sefton Place. This new contract will commence on 1st April 2026. The Community Service delivers local, accessible services such as district nursing, therapies, phlebotomy, podiatry, treatment room care. This is a continuation of services that has been previously tendered and will enable NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB to align existing service provision in the North and Mid Mersey region. These services are being absorbed into the main Community Services contract that the Integrated Care Board holds with the provider and will be renewed in perpetuity on an annual basis. The contract is valued at PS15 million per year and subsequent years may be subject to an annual inflationary uplift which may be applied in line with usual contracting arrangements.

### Procurement Information

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice and is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('Regulations') as specified in Schedule 3 of the 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. The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015 Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication. General grounds (2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases: b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons: (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038013-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Dec 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 Sep 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £15,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | WARRINGTON |
| Post town | Warrington |
| Postcode | WA1 1QY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD61 Warrington |
| Local authority | Warrington |
| Electoral ward | Bewsey and Whitecross |
| Westminster constituency | Warrington South |
| Delivery location | TLD73 Sefton |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 29 Dec 2023 at 13:48 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038013-2023

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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