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Published 18 Dec 2025, 14:40 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Tics and Tourettes Service

Official notice

Authority: MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£20,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 Jun 2025no call for competition
Awarded to NHS Mersey & West Lancashire NHS Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Tics and Tourettes Service in Knowsley.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1MCFT intends to contract with Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust…Awarded

MCFT intends to contract with Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL), Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 5DR for the provision of a Tics and Tourettes service in Knowsley. MCFT is currently in contract with MWL. For the new contract MCFT requires the service to be mobilised from 01 November 2025 for a period of 12 months. It is intended to award the contract in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime Regulations under Direct Award Process C where there is an existing provider for the services and that existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract, and the services are not changing considerably.

The Senior Leadership Team of Community Care Division have made the decision for the award of this contract. No conflicts of interest have been identified and this has been recorded inline with Trust policy.

Delivery: North West

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
18 Dec 2025, 14:40 GMT
Last source update
14 Jan 2026, 10:31 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-002983
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North West (UKD7)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f95c Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

MCFT intends to contract with Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL), Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 5DR for the provision of a Tics and Tourettes service in Knowsley. MCFT is currently in contract with MWL. For the new contract MCFT requires the service to be mobilised from 01 November 2025 for a period of 12 months. It is intended to award the contract in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime Regulations under Direct Award Process C where there is an existing provider for the services and that existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract, and the services are not changing considerably.

The Senior Leadership Team of Community Care Division have made the decision for the award of this contract. No conflicts of interest have been identified and this has been recorded inline with Trust policy.

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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 5 January 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Publisher note: MCFT intends to contract with Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL), Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 5DR for the provision of a Tics and Tourettes service in Knowsley. MCFT is currently in contract with MWL. For the new contract MCFT requires the service to be mobilised from 01 November 2025 for a period of 12 months. It is intended to award the contract in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime Regulations under Direct Award Process C where there is an existing provider for the services and that existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract, and the services are not changing considerably. The Senior Leadership Team of Community Care Division have made the decision for the award of this contract. No conflicts of interest have been identified and this has been recorded inline with Trust policy. 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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 5 January 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1)

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. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C.' Date Awarded: 05.01.26 C…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £20,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
NHS Mersey & West Lancashire NHS Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust£20,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: RW4 V7 Building, Kings Business Park, Prescot, Liverpool, North West, L341PJContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.