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Published 6 Mar 2025, 10:50 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Children & Young Peoples Online Counselling and Support in Liverpool

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 (UKD72)

Awarded value£264,480published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 27 Jan 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Kooth Digital Health Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is an online counselling and support service for children and young people aged 10-25 in Liverpool. The service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and enables individuals to access support directly via a qualified counsellor as well as access information and articles on mental health and social issues.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1NHS Cheshire and Merseyside - Liverpool Place intend to award a 1 year contract via…Awarded

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside - Liverpool Place intend to award a 1 year contract via Direct Award C to the incumbent provider to deliver online counselling and support to 10-25 year olds in Liverpool. The contract will start on 1 April 2025, expire on 31 March 2025 and has an annual contract value of £264,480 (plus any NHS uplift)

Delivery: North West · Children and young people in Liverpool

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: 6 Mar 2025, 10:50 GMT
Last source update: 28 Apr 2025, 15:47 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-017385
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: North West (UKD72)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04ea06 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) intention to 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by within 8 working days. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers within 8 working days. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. On the 27th January 2025 the Liverpool Senior Leadership Team approved this decision and no conflicts of interest were declared. The following criteria informed the decision: Social Value: 20% Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice: 20% Value: 20% Integration, collaboration and service sustainability: 20% Quality and innovation: 20% Representations by providers must be made to ruth.waldron@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk within 8 working days from the publication date of this notice. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the Provider Selection Regime (2023).

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender

Published amendments (1)

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. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. NHS Cheshire and Merseysi…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £264,4801 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 27 Jan 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Kooth Digital Health LimitedChildren & Young People's Online Counselling and Support in Liverpool	£264,480 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Children & Young People's Online Counselling and Support in Liverpool · Kooth Digital Health Limited
Signed
27 Jan 2025
Value
£264,480
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QYG No 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park Square, WARRINGTON, North West, WA11QYContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care BoardReview body Warrington

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Kooth Digital Health LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 04154208 5 Merchant Square, London, London, W2 1AY

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.