Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 27 Apr 2026, 13:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Out of Hours GP Services across Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

Official notice

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

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD6)

Awarded value£13,810,371published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 21 Oct 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Primary Care 24

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This service provides evidence based urgent primary care which optimises health and wellbeing of the population and reduces the impact of ill health during the out of hours period, avoiding where possible the need for acute care. The service also operates as part of and contribute to the wider virtual Clinical Assessment Service (CAS), supporting both 111 and 999 activity.

Primary Care 24 delivers of a safe, accessible and equitable out of hours (6.30pm - 8am) GP service, including the receipt of calls from NHS 111, GP telephone consultation and where appropriate provides a medical/clinical face-to-face consultation either in the patients' place of residence or a primary care setting. This service provides a service to patients with urgent medical needs that cannot wait until their GP practice reopens.

This service is delivered within 6 of the 9 ICB "Places" within Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board. (Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, Halton, Warrington, St Helens (a select number of practices)

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a 5+2 year contract via Direct Award A to…Awarded

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a 5+2 year contract via Direct Award A to the incumbent provider for GP out of hours services across Cheshire and Merseyside, The contract commenced on 1st April 2026 and will expire on the 31st March 2031 with a view to extend for a further two years until 2033.

C&M ICB's decision to extend will be made in accordance with national guidance and in line with local governance arrangements. The annual indicative value for 2026-27 is £13,810.371.

Delivery: North West · Primary Care 24 Head Office is based in Liverpool. Out of Hours GP Services are delivered in sites across Cheshire and Merseyside.

85100000 Health services

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: 27 Apr 2026, 13:59 BST
Last source update: 27 Apr 2026, 13:59 BST
Authority reference: 26-27-QYG-99A-PC24-OOH-CONv1
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-038061
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: North West (UKD6)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-068bae 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. On the 21st of October 2025 the Finance, Investment, Resources Committee approved this decision and there were no declarations of interest made by members that would materially or adversely impact on matters requiring discussion and decision. 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 1

Awarded value £13,810,3711 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 21 Oct 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Primary Care 24SME	£13,810,371 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Out of Hours GP Services across Cheshire and Merseyside ICB · Primary Care 24SME
Signed
21 Oct 2025
Value
£13,810,371
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QYG No 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

1 commercial party on the notice

Primary Care 24 (PC24)Awarded supplierGB-COH: 10991987 Primary Care 24, 6 Enterprise Way, LIVERPOOL, North West, L13 1FBContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.