Official UK procurement notice
Continuing Health Care Services in Cheshire & Merseyside
Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a contract via Direct Award B to deliver a…Awarded
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a contract via Direct Award B to deliver a CHC service across Cheshire & Merseyside. The contract will start on the 1st of February 2025
and expire on 31st March 2025.
The contract will be of nil value and will include individual place agreements within the contract that will include agreed costs.
These are new providers delivering an existing CHC Service across Cheshire & Merseyside that were onboarded between 1st February 2025 and 28th February 2025.
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
- 1 Jul 2025, 15:10 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Jul 2025, 15:10 BST
- Authority reference
2425/12F/CHC/A001- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036477- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- 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. In accordance with the onboarding process the Cheshire & Merseyside ICB CHC Teams have identified a suitable provider to deliver CHC Services . The decision to on board the provider was made by various Place CHC Teams from 01/02/2025 to 28/02/2025 to meet the immediate clinical needs of a patient. On the 12/03/2024 the Cheshire & Merseyside ICB Finance, Investment and Resource Committee approved the decision to award CHC contracts via Direct Award B. Two committee members have a standing declaration of interest. The decision to award was made in line with the conflict of interest policy.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Headhunters LimitesContinuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| Complex Care Choices LtdContinuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| UNITE HEALTHCARE LTDContinuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| CHESHIRE RESIDENTIAL HOMES TRUSTContinuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| ROCHE HEALTHCARE LIMITED | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| Flightcare Limited | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| BRADWELL HALL NURSING HOME LIMITED | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| Wilshire Healthcare LimitedSMEContinuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| BNR Agency LtdContinuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire &Merseyside | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| Springcare LtdContinuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside | £0 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
5 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Continuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside · Healthcare Headhunters Limites
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside · Complex Care Choices Ltd
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside · UNITE HEALTHCARE LTD
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside · CHESHIRE RESIDENTIAL HOMES TRUST
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Health Care Services in Cheshire & Merseyside · ROCHE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Health Care Services in Cheshire & Merseyside · Flightcare Limited
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Health Care Services in Cheshire & Merseyside · BRADWELL HALL NURSING HOME LIMITED
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside · Wilshire Healthcare LimitedSME
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire &Merseyside · BNR Agency Ltd
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside · Springcare Ltd
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire & Merseyside
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire &Merseyside
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Healthcare Services in Cheshire &Merseyside
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care BoardReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
11 commercial parties on the notice- BNR Agency LtdAwarded supplier
- Bradwell Hall Nursing Home Ltd (Trentham House Care Home)Awarded supplier
- Complex Care Choices LtdAwarded supplier
- Flightcare Limited (Broadway Nursing)Awarded supplier
- Healthcare Headhunters LimitesAwarded supplier
- Roche Healthcare Ltd (Fieldhead Park Nursing Home)Awarded supplier
- Springcare Limited (Windy Knowe)Awarded supplier
- Springfield Court Ltd (Springfield Court Nursing Home)Awarded supplier
- The Cheshire Residential Homes Trust (Trepassey Residential Home)Awarded supplier
- Unite Healthcare LimitedAwarded supplier
- Wilshire Healthcare Ltd (Estuary House)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.