Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 30 Apr 2026, 09:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Acute Secondary Care Services / Community Services/ Hospice, Palliative and End of Life Care Services across Cheshire and Merseyside

Official notice

Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD)

Budget not disclosedValue not published

Awarded 18 Nov 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS Acute Trust to deliver adult services including Acute Services, Specialist Services, A&E, Cancer, Community, Diagnostic/Pathology, EoL, PTS and Urgent Treatment Centres.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to…Awarded

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to the main acute secondary care service provider across Cheshire and Merseyside.

The contract commenced on 1st April 2026 and will expire on the 31st March 2027 with an estimated annual contract value of £1,012,058.000. This contract now includes elements of service that have been delegated by NHS England.

Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - £843,352,000

Cheshire and Merseyside Spec Comm - £97,996,000

Greater Manchester Spec Comm - £1,255,000

Lancashire and South Cumbria Spec Comm - £5,547,000

Retained Spec Comm - £63,981,000

Associate Commissioner information will be varied into the contract with a modification to follow. Further changes to the estimated values for commissioners above will also be confirmed via a modification for 26-27

Delivery: North West · Liverpool, Sefton and Knowsley Places within Cheshire and Merseyside. However services are also accessed by patients from other parts of Cheshire and Merseyside ICB, Greater Manchester ICB and Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB.

85100000 Health services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 30 Apr 2026, 09:29 BST
Last source update: 30 Apr 2026, 09:29 BST
Authority reference: 26-27-QYG-99A-REM-CON-V1
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-039628
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-068ec8 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: 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.

Publisher note: 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.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value Not summedvery large published value (£1bn+), not counted until verified; check the notice

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 18 Nov 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	£1,012,058,000 †very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice	—	Awarded

Contracts

Acute Secondary Care Services / Community Services/ Hospice, Palliative and End of Life Care Services across Cheshire and Merseyside · Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Signed
18 Nov 2025
Value
£1,012,058,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QYG 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park Square, Warrington, North West, WA1 1QYContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care BoardReview body Warrington

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool GroupAwarded supplierGB-NHS: REM Mount Vernon Street, Liverpool, North West, L78YE

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.