---
title: "Continuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077d84"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2026-09-30"
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# Continuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside

Buyer: NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077d84

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## Summary

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board commissioned continuing healthcare services for patients across Cheshire and Merseyside, with delivery at locations determined by individual patient placements. The service covers NHS-funded continuing healthcare and funded nursing care, including complex and palliative care packages, continuing care for children and young people, specialist mental health care under Section 117, and specialist support for people with learning disabilities. Care is to comply with the statutory National Framework for NHS-funded care and is commissioned for each patient according to service specifications. The procurement concerns ongoing clinical care rather than a single centralised facility or one uniform care package: providers deliver the appropriate commissioned service to meet individual patients’ needs.

The ICB awarded the contracts through the Provider Selection Regime’s Direct Award B route, without a prior competition, and the process is recorded as complete. The committee approved this approach on 19 November 2024; Place CHC teams selected providers through onboarding from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 to meet immediate patient needs. The contract period for the Cheshire Place arrangement runs from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. It is described as nil value, with costs agreed in individual place agreements; the contract entries each record £0.01. Fifty active awards are listed, including ABBENDON HEALTHCARE LTD, Bupa Care Homes entities, local care providers and charities. Evaluation gave patient choice 99% and price 1%. The arrangement is described as existing providers delivering existing services.

This award shows recurring demand from the ICB for providers able to deliver NHS-funded continuing healthcare in response to individual patient placements, rather than a single standard package. Credible competitors will need operational capacity to provide the relevant mix of continuing healthcare, funded nursing care, complex and palliative care, children’s continuing care, specialist mental health support and specialist learning-disability services, in line with the statutory National Framework and patient-specific specifications. The selected provider base includes care homes, homecare and support providers, charities, and organisations of different sizes, indicating that relevant delivery capability can sit across varied provider models. Patient choice carried substantially more evaluation weight than price, so providers need to demonstrate a suitable service match for individual clinical needs as well as the ability to agree costs within individual place arrangements.

## Notice

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 & Merseyside. 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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092339-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## 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 |
| Postcode area | 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 | TLD6 Cheshire, TLD7 Merseyside |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 50 |
| Supplier names | Abbendon Healthcare Ltd; Adamstan Limited; Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton; Ascot Lodge Ltd; Beechwood (Liverpool) Limited; BIRKDALE PARK LIMITED; Bupa Care Homes (AKW) Limited; BUPA CARE HOMES (ANS) LIMITED; BUPA CARE HOMES (GL) LIMITED; Care Connect UK Ltd; Collinson Cares (2021) Ltd; Cozee Care Homes Limited; Delta Care Ltd; Evolving Care Limited; GP Homecare Ltd; Goshen Care Solutions Ltd; Heron Care Limited; Hudah Group; Individual Care and Support Services Limited; JW HOME CARE LIMITED; Laburnum House Shaw Ltd; Liver Care; MANNA CARE LTD; Mayfield Fellowship; Miss Tracy Robertson; Mr Michael James Holmes; My Care Choice Limited; Next Step Support Ltd; Nugent Care; Origin Recruitment Limited; Parkhaven Trust; PremCard Limited; Pulse Healthcare Limited; Reliance Care Homes Limited; THE ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND CHARITY, LIVERPOOL; RSJB Quality Care Homes Limited; Sabaoth Care Ltd; Salvere Support Ltd; Sefton and Merseyside Senior Care Services; Senior Care Services Limited; Spinal Unit Action Group; ST MARY'S NURSING HOME LIMITED; Tamami Healthcare Ltd; Together Trust; Transition Care Company Limited; Tudor Bank Limited; Utopia Social Care Limited; Unity Homes Limited; WELLINGTON HEALTHCARE (ARDEN) LTD; Westgate Healthcare (Aylesbury) Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 30 Sep 2026 at 12:47 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092339-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.addendonhealthcare.co.uk
- http://www.birkdalepark.com
- http://www.bloomcare.co.uk
- http://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk
- http://www.collinsoncares.com
- http://www.deltacare-ltd.com
- http://www.evolvingcare.co.uk
- http://www.goshencaresolutions.co.uk
- http://www.heroncare.com
- http://www.homeinstead.co.uk
- http://www.homeinstead.co.uk/liverpoolsouth
- http://www.jwhomecare.co.uk
- http://www.mayfieldcourt.org
- http://www.nugentcare.org
- http://www.origincare.com
- http://www.parkhaven.org.uk
- http://www.pulsejobs.com
- http://www.radis.co.uk
- http://www.rightathomeuk.co.uk/sefton
- http://www.sabaothcare.com
- http://www.salveresupport.co.uk
- http://www.stmarysnursinghome.com
- http://www.tamamihealthcare.co.uk
- http://www.utopiasocialcare.org
- http://www.westgatehealthcare.co.uk
- https://ageconcernliverpoolandsefton.org.uk/the-hamlets-care-home/
- https://careconnectuk.com/
- https://janecare.co.uk/
- https://liver-care.org.uk/
- https://mannacare.co.uk/
- https://nextstepsupport.co.uk/
- https://transitioncare.org.uk/
- https://unityhomes.co.uk/
- https://wecaregroup.co.uk/
- https://www.ascotlodge.uk/
- https://www.bupa.co.uk/care-services
- https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk
- https://www.rushtonfutures.com/
- https://www.suag.co.uk/
- https://www.togethertrust.org.uk/

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