Scope
Description
The Rapid Response Service will support the transport, support, and observation to patients across the Cheshire and Wirral NHS Foundation Trust footprint. The service will sit within the Urgent Care First Response portfolio and will undertake the following functions:
1. Section 135/ Section 136 observation in acute hospital place of safety (POS)
2. Patient conveyance
3. Supporting Patients in A and E departments who have been assessed as requiring a mental health inpatient bed.
4. Support to inpatient mental health wards
5. Support to Home Treatment Teams
6. Support to the Crisis Line
Capacity for all responses will be managed centrally by Rapid Response coordinators who will be based in the crisis line and work alongside Clinical Leads to prioritise responses.
Rapid Response Team Members will be based in the Crisis Triage and Response Service (CTRS) and the East Home Treatment Team. S135 / S136 observation in acute hospital POS and takes priority over all other functions of the service and this will be prioritised.
01/04/25 to 31/12/25 £723,884
Contract 1. Rapid Response Service to support Section 136 Observations
Supplier
Contract value
- £723,884 excluding VAT
- £723,884 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Award decision date
8 July 2025
Earliest date the contract will be signed
8 July 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 8 July 2025 to 31 December 2025
- 5 months, 24 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 85100000 - Health services
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - without competition
Supplier
Independence Support Ltd
Bayshill Road
Gloucertershire
GL50 3AT
United Kingdom
Email: info@isl-uk.org
Region: UKK13 - Gloucestershire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Rapid Response Service to support Section 136 Observations
Contracting authority
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- NHS Organisation Data Service: RXA
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PGZV-5874-HRZD
Countess of Chester, Health Park, Liverpool Road
Chester
CH2 1BQ
United Kingdom
Email: cwp.contracts@nhs.net
Website: https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/
Region: UKD63 - Cheshire West and Chester
Organisation type: Public authority - central government