Official UK procurement notice
Medical Cover for Brookfield Intermediate Care Centre in St Helens
Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Midlands and Lancashire is working on behalf of Cheshire & Merseyside ICB who wishes to award a contract for Medical Cover Service for the Brookfield Centre, St Helens.
There are 30 beds at Brookfield, and they are classed as Level 3 community beds and can be used for step up or step down provision. Brookfield is registered with CQC as a residential care home and managed by St Helens Local Authority with therapy and nursing in reach from a Community NHS Provider. Brookfield is not a commissioned Health service. Brookfield delivers bed-based support and reablement for individuals who are medically optimised / clinically suitable to be cared for in a residential home setting with their medical needs met by primary care as if they were in their own home.
The contract that is to be awarded is for the medical cover of the individuals who are residing at the Brookfield Centre in St Helens.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NHS Midlands and Lancashire is working on behalf of Cheshire & Merseyside ICB who…Awarded
NHS Midlands and Lancashire is working on behalf of Cheshire & Merseyside ICB who wishes to award a contract for Medical Cover Service for the Brookfield Centre, St Helens.
The contract that is to be awarded is for the medical cover of the individuals who are residing at the Brookfield Centre in St Helens. The aim of the clinical service is to provide an enhanced proactive and responsive model of clinical cover to the 30 users of Brookfield during the in-hours period of 8am - 6:30pm from Monday to Friday. The service does not have to be provided by a GP but access to a GP is essential to enable nurses to escalate concerns and receive clinical supervision.
The contract is to be awarded for a start date of 1st July 2025 for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 1-year period. The value of the contract is £97,728 per annum with a total of £390,912 over the total 4-year period. Additional information: This contract award notice follows an F02: Contract Notice, but a link to the previous notice was not possible, the details are below:
F02: Contract notice
Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-002364
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04d5b5
Published 23 January 2025, 12:54pm
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
- 4 Apr 2025, 12:04 BST
- Last source update
- 1 May 2025, 11:21 BST
- Authority reference
WHISP-336- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018327- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fd3aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This contract award notice follows an F02: Contract Notice, but a link to the previous notice was not possible, the details are below:
F02: Contract notice
Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-002364
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04d5b5
Published 23 January 2025, 12:54pm
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 the relevant authority by midnight on Wednesday 16th April 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the Competitive Process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts and in addition reserves the right to award only part of this contract. The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any provider in connection with this Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any representation to the Contracting Authority. Any written representations need to be made to mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net The decision for this award was taken by St Helens Place Senior Leadership team and no conflicts of interest were identified. The relative importance of the key criteria is listed in Section II 2.5 of this F03: Contract Award Notice.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
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| — | TextVI.3 | — | The standstill period has now closed and this notice is to serve notice that the contract has now been awarded. 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… |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Helens Rota Ltd | £390,912 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 013050-2025-1 · St Helens Rota Ltd
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2025
- Value
- £390,912
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- St Helens Rota LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.