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Published 25 Apr 2025, 15:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Continuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside

Official notice

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

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£02 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 12 Aug 2024no call for competition
Awarded to The Money Carer Foundation, Rainbow Care Solutions Ltd4 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Cheshire Place has awarded a contract via Direct…Awarded

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 2024 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 August 2024 and 31st August 2024.

Delivery: UK · Service will be delivered in various locations across the UK dependent on patient placement - see award information for location.

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
25 Apr 2025, 15:31 BST
Last source update
25 Apr 2025, 15:31 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017101
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0507ce 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. 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 01/08/2024 to 31/08/2024 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
Awards 4
Awarded value £02 contracts exc. VAT · 2 repeated publications of the same award counted once
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 4latest 12 Aug 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Money Carer FoundationContinuing Health Care Service in Wirral£0 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
The Money Carer FoundationContinuing Health Care Service in Wirral£0 †—Awarded
Rainbow Care Solutions LtdSMEContinuing Health Care Service in Liverpool & Sefton£0 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
Rainbow Care Solutions LtdSMEContinuing Health Care Service in Liverpool and Sefton£0 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids1——

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

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • Rainbow Care Solutions LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05585783 Unit 11, Kingfisher Business Park Arthur Street Redditch B98 8LGUnit 11, Kingfisher Business Park Arthur Street, Redditch, West Midlands, B98 8LG
  • The Money Carer FoundationAwarded supplierGB-COH: 08167625 The Money Carer Foundation, Dalton House, Cross Street, Sale,, Manchester, North West, M33 7AR

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.