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title: "Medical Cover for Intermediate Care Beds in Sefton"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04febf"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS CHESHIRE & MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2025-04-08"
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# Medical Cover for Intermediate Care Beds in Sefton

Buyer: NHS CHESHIRE & MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04febf

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## Summary

NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board is the contracting authority for the procurement titled "Medical Cover for Intermediate Care Beds in Sefton," classified under CPV code 85120000 for medical practice and related services. This procurement process, initiated in the tender stage, involves providing medical cover for intermediate care beds in Sefton Place (Southport & Formby). The process conducted under the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 started on 1st April 2024 and is set for an initial period of 3 years, with the option to extend for an additional 2 years. The contract value totals £1,500,000 over the potential 5-year period, with key procurement dates and deadlines leading up to the contract signing on 9th January 2024.

This tender offers significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in healthcare services, particularly those adept at providing comprehensive medical cover and multidisciplinary integration. The successful provider, Primary Care 24 (Merseyside) Ltd, will manage intermediate care patients stepped down from acute hospital trust and urgent care services, across two to three locations. Activities will include five-day-a-week ward reviews and on-call management, fostering close interface with secondary care, pharmacy, and community services to ensure patient safety and optimal care management. Businesses with expertise in managing patient flows, delivering integrated care solutions, and maintaining strong governance and quality standards are well-suited to compete.

## Notice

NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is supporting NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board who has appointed a provider of Medial Cover for Intermediate Care Beds for Sefton Place (Southport & Formby only). This service is to provide primary care support to medically optimised patient as part of the intermediate care multidisciplinary team. This includes patients who have been stepped down from the acute hospital trust and patients who have been stepped up via the two-hour urgent care response service. This cover will be provided five days per week from 0800 to 1830. Delivery will include ward round reviews, plus on-call arrangements for the management of those patients who have deteriorated and are at risk of hospital admission. This will be for a total of forty-six beds over two to three locations. The service will engage with multidisciplinary process and interface with secondary care, community geriatrician, pharmacy, and community services to ensure patient safety and manage patient flow. Thirty five of the forty-six were subject to a procurement exercise at the same time as the Medical Cover procurement.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is supporting NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board who has appointed a provider of Medial Cover for Intermediate Care Beds for Sefton Place (Southport & Formby only). The procurement took place in the financial year 2023-24 using the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract commenced on 1st April 2024 for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2-year period. The value of the contract is PS300,000 per annum with a total value of PS1,500,000 over the 5-year period.

### Procurement Information

An F02: Contract notice was published on 2nd October 2023, notice number 2023/S 000-028947. Due to the changes in the Find a Tender Notice Services, it has not been possible to link this F03: Contract Award Notice to the F02: Contract Notice.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013654-2025 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 9 Jan 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,500,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS CHESHIRE & 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 | PRIMARY CARE 24 (MERSEYSIDE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85120000 - Medical practice and related services

## Release History

- 8 Apr 2025 at 12:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013654-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk
- http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made
- http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made
- http://www.primarycare24.org.uk

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