Contract

Continuing Health Care Services for Cheshire & Merseyside

  • NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-017052

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0507b1

Published 25 April 2025, 2:02pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

No1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park Square

Warrington

WA1 1QY

Contact

Stephen Evans

Email

stephen.evans@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKD61 - Warrington

NHS Organisation Data Service

QYG

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Continuing Health Care Services for Cheshire & Merseyside

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The 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

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £0.01

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a contract via

Direct Award B to deliver a CHC service across Cheshire & Merseyside. The contract will start on the day the provider was

on boarded and expire on 31st March 2025. The contract will be of nil value and will include individual place agreements within the contract that will include agreed costs.

These are new providers delivering an existing CHC Service across Cheshire & Merseyside that were onboarded between 1/07/2024 to 31/07/2024.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Patient Choice / Weighting: 99

Price - Weighting: 1

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

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.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Continuing Health Care Services for Cheshire & Merseyside

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

8 July 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Choices Homecare Merseyside Limited

Essex House, Middle Unit 2 Bridle Road

Bootle

L30 4UE

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD72 - Liverpool
Companies House

04398218

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £0.01

Total value of the contract/lot: £0.01


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Continuing Health Care Services for Cheshire and Merseyside

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

8 July 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

My Pure Services

15 Sandown Avenue

Liverpool

L14 7AS

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD72 - Liverpool
Companies House

16049089

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £0.01

Total value of the contract/lot: £0.01


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Continuing Health Care Services for Cheshire and Merseyside

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 July 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

St Helen's and Knowsley Caring Association Ltd

Woodfield Road, Huyton

Liverpool

L36 4PJ

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD72 - Liverpool
Companies House

2313902

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £0.01

Total value of the contract/lot: £0.01


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Continuing Health Care Services for Cheshire and Merseyside

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

23 July 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Supported Independence Limited

27-29 Ashley Road

Bristol

BS6 5NJ

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Companies House

4376396

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £0.01

Total value of the contract/lot: £0.01


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Continuing Health Care Services for Cheshire and Merseyside

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

8 July 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

St Georges Group Limited

Suite 2100 Wotton Road, Letraset Building

Ashford

TN23 6LN

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ4 - Kent
Companies House

3755343

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £0.01

Total value of the contract/lot: £0.01


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Continuing Health Care Services for Cheshire and Merseyside

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 July 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Kibo Hospital Services Limited

98 Godstone Road

Kenley

CR8 5AB

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI62 - Croydon
Companies House

10113564

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £0.01

Total value of the contract/lot: £0.01


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Continuing Health Care Services for Cheshire and Merseyside

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 July 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Exemplar Business Services Limited

Ferham House, Kimberworth Road

Rotherham

S61 1AJ

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKK - South West (England)
Companies House

12187900

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £0.01

Total value of the contract/lot: £0.01


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

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 providers

was made by various Place CHC Teams from

01/07/2024 to 31/07/2024 to meet the immediate

clinical needs of a patient.

On the 12/03/2024 the Cheshire & Merseyside ICB

Finance, Investment and Resource Committee

approved the decision to award CHC contracts via

Direct Award B.

Two committee members have a standing

declaration of interest. The decision to award was

made in line with the conflict of interest policy.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

No 1 Lakeside

920 Centre Park Square

WA1 1QY

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/