---
title: "Continuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077e14"
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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-077e14

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## Summary

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board commissioned continuing healthcare services to meet individual patients’ clinical needs. The care must comply with the statutory National Framework for NHS-funded care. It covers continuing healthcare, funded nursing care, complex packages including palliative care, continuing care for children and young people, specialist mental health care under Section 117, and specialist learning disability care. Delivery is arranged for individual patients according to their placement, across Cheshire and Merseyside and potentially elsewhere in the UK. This is a service for providers able to deliver tailored health and social care packages, rather than a single standardised service at one site.

The procurement is complete and contracts were awarded to 65 providers, including Ablecare (Philiphaugh) Ltd, Activecare Limited, Aemulator CIC, Alcedo Blue Limited, Amberley Care Home Limited, Aspirations (SL) Ltd, Avalon Group (Social Care), B Homecare & Co Ltd, Betamindes Limited, Bridgewater Home Care Ltd, Brimstage Manor Limited, Brookfield House Care Home Limited, Cae Glas, Care Consortium (Biddulph) Limited, Care UK Care Services Limited, CARECONCEPTS (CHESHIRE) LTD, Careconcepts (Manchester) Ltd, Caring Alternatives Limited, Cheshire Home Care Solutions Limited, Choice Support, Community Integrated Care, Complete Care Holdings Limited, Country Court Care Homes 3 OpCo Limited, Hayes Healthcare Limited, Kingsview Homes Limited, Lentulus Properties Limited, Looking Forward Activities Ltd, Partnerships in Care (Oak Vale) Limited, six Springcare companies, The Bitenshaw Group, Windy Knowe Limited, WT UK Opco 4 Limited, Cow Lees Care Home Ltd, Dalesview Partnership Limited, Deva Senior Care Services Ltd, ECHO Supported Living Services Limited, FAB Social Care Ltd, Golden Care Group Limited, Heathcotes Care Limited, Homecare4U Limited, HWH Homecare Limited, Independence-Development Ltd, InSafeHands Limited, J.O.T. Limited, JSH Care Services Limited, Lavender House Residential Home Limited, Live Life Well Limited, Mars Cheshire Limited, MCS Healthcare Limited, Cheshire Rural Care Ltd, MY3 Limited, New Care Chester (Opco) Limited, Nightingale Group Limited, Pooltown Care Limited, PuttingYouFirst Ltd, Re-enabled Support Services Ltd, Sandstone Care Cheshire Limited, Selborne Care Limited, SimplyHelpingSeniors Limited and Sugarman Health and Wellbeing Limited. Contracts were signed on 1 April 2025 and run to 31 March 2026. Each contract is recorded at £0.01; the lot description says the arrangement has nil value, with individual patient agreements carrying agreed costs. Awards followed Direct Award B under the Provider Selection Regime, without a prior competition. Patient choice carried 99% of the stated evaluation weighting and price 1%.

This award demonstrates demand for established providers able to take on individual NHS-funded care packages across Cheshire and Merseyside, with placements dependent on patients’ needs. The selected organisations span care homes, homecare, supported living and specialist care providers, indicating that credible suppliers need to match their service capability to the particular package rather than offer only a generic care service. Relevant experience includes continuing healthcare and funded nursing care, complex and palliative care, children’s continuing care, Section 117 mental health services and specialist learning disability support. Providers must be able to work to the statutory National Framework and respond to individual clinical requirements. The stated evaluation strongly favoured patient choice over price, so the ability to provide appropriate options for patients is central to competing for similar requirements from this buyer.

## 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 Place. 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/092581-2026 |
| 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 | 65 |
| Supplier names | Able Care (Philiphaugh) Ltd; Activecare Limited; Aemulator CIC; Alcedo Blue Limited; Amberley Care Home Limited; Aspirations (SL) Ltd; Avalon Group (Social Care); B Homecare & Co Ltd; Betamindes Limited; BRIDGEWATER HOME CARE LTD; Brimstage Manor Limited; Brookfield House Care Home Limited; Cae Glas (formally Minffordd); CARE CONSORTIUM (BIDDULPH) LIMITED; CARE UK CARE SERVICES LIMITED; CARECONCEPTS (CHESHIRE) LTD; CareConcepts Manchester Ltd; Caring Alternatives; Cheshire Home Care Solutions Limited; Choice Support; Community Integrated Care; COMPLETE CARE HOLDINGS LIMITED; COUNTRY COURT CARE HOMES 3 OPCO LIMITED; Hayes Healthcare Limited; Kingsview Homes Limited; Lentulus Properties Ltd; Looking Forward Activities Ltd; Partnerships in Care (Oak Vale) Limited; Springcare (Davenham) Limited; Springcare (Hatton) Ltd; Springcare (Kings Court) Limited; SPRINGCARE (KNUTSFORD) LIMITED; Springcare (Macclesfield) Ltd; Springcare (Sandiway) Limited; The Bitenshaw Group; Windy Knowe Limited; WT UK OPCO 4 LIMITED; Cow Lees Care Home Ltd; Dalesview Partnership Limited; Deva Senior Care Services Ltd; ECHO Supported Living Services LTD; Fab Social Care Ltd; Golden Care Group Ltd; Heathcotes Care Limited; homecare4u ltd; HWH Homecare Limited; Independence-Development Ltd; In Safe Hands; J.O.T. Limited; JSH CARE SERVICES LIMITED; LAVENDER HOUSE RESIDENTIAL HOME LIMITED; Live Life Well Limited; MARS CHESHIRE LIMITED; MCS Healthcare Limited; Cheshire Rural Care; My 3 Ltd; NEW CARE CHESTER (OPCO) LIMITED; Nightingale Group Limited; Pooltown Care Limited; Putting you first; Re-enabled Support Services Ltd; SANDSTONE CARE CHESHIRE LIMITED; Selborne Care Limited; SimplyHelpingSeniors Limited; SUGARMAN HEALTH AND WELLBEING LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 30 Sep 2026 at 16:54 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092581-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.abacuscare.com
- http://www.alcedocare.co.uk
- http://www.aspirationscare.com
- http://www.avalongroup.org.uk
- http://www.betamindes.com
- http://www.blueberry-care.co.uk
- http://www.bridgewaterhomecare.co.uk
- http://www.c-i-c.co.uk
- http://www.candchealthcare.co.uk
- http://www.caremark.co.uk
- http://www.careuk.com
- http://www.caringalternatives.co.uk
- http://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk
- http://www.choicesupport.org.uk
- http://www.countrycourtcare.com
- http://www.cowleescarehome.co.uk
- http://www.dalesviewpartnership.co.uk
- http://www.echouk.net
- http://www.fabsocialcare.co.uk/index.html
- http://www.goldencare-services.com
- http://www.homeinstead.co.uk/chester
- http://www.independence-development.co.uk/
- http://www.insafehandshealthcare.org.uk
- http://www.lovettcare.co.uk
- http://www.mcshealthcare.co.uk
- http://www.nghc.co.uk
- http://www.potens-uk.com
- http://www.puttingyoufirst.biz
- http://www.rightathome.co.uk/northcheshire
- http://www.sandstonecare.co.uk
- http://www.simplyhelpingseniors.com
- http://www.springcare.org.uk
- https://aemulator-cic.org.uk/
- https://birtenshaw.org.uk/
- https://careconcepts.co.uk/
- https://ceracare.co.uk/
- https://cheshirehomecaresolutions.com/
- https://cheshireruralcare.co.uk/
- https://ivolve.care/
- https://jobs.careconcerngroup.com/our-homes
- https://lavenderhouseresidential.com/
- https://my3ltd.co.uk/
- https://sugarmanhealth.com/
- https://www.astleycarehomes.co.uk/
- https://www.caretech-uk.com/
- https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/
- https://www.lookingforwardactivities.co.uk/
- https://www.philiphaughmanor.co.uk/
- https://www.priorygroup.com/
- https://www.reenabledsupport.com/

## Provenance

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