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title: "Specialist Support with Feeding Plan to enable Hospital Discharge / Placement"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05e473"
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current_stage: "Award"
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published: "2025-11-19"
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# Specialist Support with Feeding Plan to enable Hospital Discharge / Placement

Buyer: NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05e473

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## Summary

The NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has completed an urgent procurement process for the contract titled "Specialist Support with Feeding Plan to enable Hospital Discharge / Placement". This service, classified under the health services category (CPV: 85100000), takes place in Liverpool Place, UKD7. The awarded contract, valued at £474,000, commenced on 22nd September 2025 and covers a 6-month period until 21st March 2026, with an optional extension for another six months. The procurement was conducted through a limited procedure under the Provider Selection Regime, bypassing the usual Public Contracts Regulations 2015, due to the necessity of responding quickly to a critical healthcare need to support a patient's discharge from an acute hospital setting.

This tender provides significant opportunities for businesses specialising in healthcare services, particularly those capable of delivering complex and urgent care support for patients with specific needs. Companies experienced in providing clinical support and interventions, especially under high-pressure or urgent conditions, are well-suited to compete for such contracts. The involvement of Independent Clinical Services Ltd (Trading as Thornbury Community Services) highlights the suitability for large-scale organisations adept at rapidly mobilising specialised care teams to meet critical healthcare requirements promptly. Business growth in this sector can be achieved by developing niche services catering to complex medical care needs under urgent circumstances.

## Notice

This urgent contract award relates to the specific, complex support required to enable feeding for a patient currently within a local acute hospital upon discharge to local placement arrangements within a community setting. The patient is currently subject to Court of Protection oversight and frequent court rulings. The support required includes administering feeds twice per day as part of a structured feeding plan under clinical supervision using the least restrictive methods of restraint.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB - Liverpool Place has awarded this contract on the grounds of urgency for the provision of specific, complex support required to enable feeding for a patient currently within a local acute hospital upon discharge to local placement arrangements within a community setting. The patient is currently subject to Court of Protection oversight and frequent court rulings. The support required includes administering feeds twice per day as part of a structured feeding plan under clinical supervision using the least restrictive methods of restraint. The Individual requires intensive interventions as part of their discharge plan which needed to be mobilised quickly and safely. The Contract has been awarded for an initial period of 6 months (22nd September 2025 to 21st March 2026) with an option to extend for a further 6 months (21st August 2026).

Options: Contract has been awarded for an initial period of 6 months with an option to extend for a further 6 months.

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075251-2025 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Nov 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Sep 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £474,000 |

## 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 | 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 | TLD7 Merseyside |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | INDEPENDENT CLINICAL SERVICES LTD (TRADING AS THORNBURY COMMUNITY SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 19 Nov 2025 at 14:02 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075251-2025

## Notice URLs

- https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/
- https://www.thornburycommunityservices.co.uk/

## Provenance

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