Official UK procurement notice
Intermediate Care Beds in Sefton
Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board who are the Contracting Authority for this opportunity.
The Authority was looking for providers to deliver an Intermediate Care Beds Service to patients in the Southport & Formby area of Sefton Place. The Authority was looking to commission up to 35 beds to be located in the Southport & Formby area of Sefton Place and ideally on one site.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working on behalf of…Awarded
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board who are the Contracting Authority for this opportunity.
The procurement took place during 2023-24 under the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The potential contract is valued at approximately £2,200,000 per year; and the contract duration will be for 3 years from 1st April 2024 with the potential to extend for a further two year period; giving a total contract value of £11,000,000.
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
- 8 Apr 2025, 13:45 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Apr 2025, 13:45 BST
- Authority reference
WHISP-202- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013655- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fec0Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
An F02: Contract Notice was published on 2nd October 2023 with reference 2023/S 000-028947
Due to the changes in the Find a Tender Notice Services, it has not been possible to link this F03: Contract Award Notice to the F02: Contract Notice.
Publisher note: This contract is for clinical services which are light touch regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the regulations. Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts. This is not a call for tenders and the Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept any tender received and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or to call for tenders should as consider necessary. The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed. Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received during this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premcard LimitedSME | £11,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 013655-2025-1 · Premcard LimitedSME
- Signed
- 9 Jan 2024
- Value
- £11,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Premcard Ltd - Byng HouseAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.