Contract

Acute Secondary Care Services / Community Services/ Hospice, Palliative and End of Life Care Services across Cheshire and Merseyside

  • NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-017776

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0509a2

Published 29 April 2025, 7:01pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Lakeside 920 Centre Park Square

Warrington

WA1 1QY

Contact

Alison Picton

Email

alison.picton@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

Acute Secondary Care Services / Community Services/ Hospice, Palliative and End of Life Care Services across Cheshire and Merseyside

Reference number

25-26-QYG-99A-REM-CON

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

NHS Acute Trust Services to deliver adult services including medical care, critical care, diagnostic imaging and pathology, end of life care, cancer care, community services, outpatients, surgery and urgent and emergency care, including urgent treatment centres..

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: £1,096,673,719

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD6 - Cheshire
  • UKD7 - Merseyside
Main site or place of performance

LUHFT operates across 4 main sites based within the Liverpool City Region, and delivers services to the whole of the North West of England as well as providing some specialist services to Wales and Isle of Man.

Merseyside is the majority user of the provider however services are also accessed by patients from other parts of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB, NHS Greater Manchester ICB and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB. in addition NHS England commissions a number of specialist and highly specialist services.

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to the main acute secondary care service provider across Merseyside. The contract commenced on 1st April 2024 and will expire on the 31st March 2025 with an estimated total annual contract value of £1,096,673,719 (includes all co-commissioners)

This contract now includes elements of service that have been delegated by NHS England.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: No realistic alternative provider / Weighting: 100

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

Contract No

25-26-QYG-99A-REM-CON

Title

LUHFT/CMICB NHS Standard Contract 2025-26

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

19 November 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

LIVERPOOL UNIVERSOTY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Prescot Street

Liverpool

L7 8XP

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD - North West (England)
NHS Organisation Data Service

REM

Internet address

https://www.uhliverpool.nhs.uk/

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: £1,096,673,719

Total value of the contract/lot: £1,096,673,719


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.

On the 19th of November 2024 the Finance, Investment, Resources Committee approved this decision.

One committee member has 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

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

1 Lakeside 920 Centre Park Square

Warrington

WA1 1QY

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

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