Official UK procurement notice
Continuing Health Service 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 - 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 & Merseyside. 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.
Then include one of the following statements:
This is a new provider delivering existing CHC Service across Cheshire and Merseyside.
or
This is an existing provider delivering existing CHC Service across Cheshire and Merseyside
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 Sept 2026, 16:21 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 16:21 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092552- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e01Find 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 01/04/2025 to 31/03/2026 to meet the immediate clinical needs of a patient. On the 19/11/2024 the Cheshire & Merseyside ICB Finance, Investment and Resource Committee approved the decision to award CHC contracts via Direct Award B. One committee member has 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Abbeyfield Society LtdSME | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| Crestview Care Ltd | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| Executive Home Care Services Limited | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| GAP KARE LIMITEDSME | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| Greenacres Nursing Home Limited | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| Highpoint Care (West Derby) Limited | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| Hummingbird Home Help and Care Limited | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| Instream Partnership Limited | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| Keys Group Ltd | £0 † | — | Awarded |
| Lancashire County Council | £0 † | — | Awarded |
51 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Continuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside · The Abbeyfield Society LtdSME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-10 · Crestview Care Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-11 · Executive Home Care Services Limited
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-12 · GAP KARE LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-13 · Greenacres Nursing Home Limited
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-14 · Highpoint Care (West Derby) Limited
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-15 · Hummingbird Home Help and Care Limited
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-16 · Instream Partnership Limited
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-17 · Keys Group Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-18 · Lancashire County Council
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-19
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Continuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-20
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-21
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-22
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-23
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-24
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-25
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-26
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 092552-2026-27
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- 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 and Merseyside Integrated Care BoardReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
57 commercial parties on the notice · 50 awardedThe first 50 of 57 commercial parties (by name); the JSON mirror lists them all.
- Abbeyfield Society (The)Awarded supplier
- Advantage Healthcare LimitedAwarded supplier
- Affinity Healthcare LimitedAwarded supplier
- Aggregate Holdings LimitedAwarded supplier
- Ash Croft Care LimitedAwarded supplier
- Bellfred LimitedAwarded supplier
- Care Concepts LimitedAwarded supplier
- CareCaliRaya LtdAwarded supplier
- Community Care Direct LimitedAwarded supplier
- Courtyard Care LtdAwarded supplier
Show 40 more suppliers
- Crestview Care LtdAwarded supplier
- Crown Care Rossendale LimitedAwarded supplier
- Drew Care LimitedAwarded supplier
- ECH (Embrace Care Homes) Colwyn Bay LimitedAwarded supplier
- Equilibrium Healthcare LimitedAwarded supplier
- Executive Home Care Services LimitedAwarded supplier
- First Call Community Systems LimitedAwarded supplier
- Forevermore Care Group LtdAwarded supplier
- Gap Kare LimitedAwarded supplier
- Greenacres Nursing Home LimitedAwarded supplier
- Happy Valley Home Care LimitedAwarded supplier
- Heathbrock LimitedAwarded supplier
- Highpoint Care (West Derby) LimitedAwarded supplier
- Home Group LimitedAwarded supplier
- Hummingbird Home Help and Care LimitedAwarded supplier
- Instream Partnership LimitedAwarded supplier
- Keys Group Progressive Education LimitedAwarded supplier
- Lancashire County CouncilAwarded supplier
- Longton Home LtdAwarded supplier
- ME 2U Centre LimitedAwarded supplier
- Manor Care Home LimitedAwarded supplier
- Manuel Divine Care LTDAwarded supplier
- Mayden Support LtdAwarded supplier
- Mayfield Homecare Services LimitedAwarded supplier
- Moorlands Home Care LimitedAwarded supplier
- Mount Pleasant Nursing Home LimitedAwarded supplier
- NFC Health & Social Care LimitedAwarded supplier
- Natural Breaks LimitedAwarded supplier
- New Age Care LimitedAwarded supplier
- Oceancross LimitedAwarded supplier
- Park Homes (UK) LimitedAwarded supplier
- Pressbeau LimitedAwarded supplier
- R-H-P Outreach Services LtdAwarded supplier
- RMD Care Services LimitedAwarded supplier
- Rayman Group LimitedAwarded supplier
- Sable Cottage LimitedAwarded supplier
- Sandstone Care North West LimitedAwarded supplier
- Sefton Carers CentreAwarded supplier
- Share The Care LtdAwarded supplier
- Sherborne Court Neurological Centre LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.