Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB)
No 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park
Warrington
WA1 1QY
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD - North West (England)
NHS Organisation Data Service
QYG
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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
Online Engagement Event - Provision of Transferring Care into Nixon Street - NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit are
working as an agent on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) who are looking to undertake a future procurement for the provision of transferring care into Nixon Street.
Nixon Street is a substantial property located in Macclesfield, in close proximity to the town centre. Its location is near the main district general hospital(MDGH) and in short walking distance to the Learning Disability Community Team and Macclesfield Mental Health Services.
NHSE have provided substantial capital for the renovation of Nixon Street and will be looking to handover to the landlord in early 2026, therefore it's key that this service provision is in place to support the mobilisation of the property to support rehabilitation.
The scheme has been developed specifically for 2-3 individuals with a Learning Disability and/or Autism who display behaviours that challenge, including those with a mental health condition from the Cheshire area. It has been historically very difficult to find suitable placements for those individuals which can contribute to readmissions and placement breakdowns.
The ICB's focus is to provide homes for people in the community rather than relying on out of area housing pathways once the individual's rehabilitation and treatment has been completed.
The Transforming Care programme aims to improve the lives of children, young people and adults with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviours that challenge, including those with amental health condition.
The programme has three key aims:
• To improve quality of care for people with learning disability and/or autism
• To improve quality of life for people with a learning disability and/or autism
• To enhance community capacity, thereby reducing inappropriate hospital admissions and length of stay.
The Contract is currently planned to start 1st March 2026. The contract will be for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years, until 28th February 2031 (subject to change).
The maximum financial value for the procurement is yet to be confirmed. However, it will cover staffing to support 2-3 individuals as identified above, for their core care packages. It may also include additional adhoc provisions that may be needed. The ICB is hoping to share indicative values during the event. Financial values will be confirmed when the tender goes live.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85100000 - Health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD6 - Cheshire
- UKD7 - Merseyside
Main site or place of performance
Nixon Street is a substantial property located in Macclesfield, on the outskirts of the town centre.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The ICB would like to invite any organisations who would be interested in delivering the Provision of Transferring Care into Nixon Street, to a virtual provider engagement meeting to discuss the requirements of the service, how providers can submit a tender and answer any questions that any potential providers may have. The engagement meeting is scheduled to take place on
Monday 13th October 2025 - 10:00am-11:00am via Microsoft Teams.
All questions and answers from the session, will be noted and shared with the final tender documents, which is due to be released W/C 20th October.
You will be able to register your interest for the event on the Atamis portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.
The project reference on Atamis is C392360.
The deadline for requesting attendance to the Engagement meeting is 12:00 pm Thursday 9th October 2025. Providers who have expressed an interested before the deadline, will then be sent an invitation to the event by email.
two.2.14) Additional information
This notice has been issued subject to the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) regulations 2023 for the Procurement of Healthcare Services, to establish interest in the services described here.
Provider Selection Regime: The Integrated Care Board (ICB) is aware of its transparency obligations under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Please note for those providers expressing interest for these services, this does not guarantee that there will not be a requirement to register for any future provider selection process. This Expression of Interest notice is not confirmation that the ICB will take further action, and providers should not rely on their response to this Expressions of Interest notice as confirmation that the ICB will proceed further.
Furthermore, although the ICB is conducting this market engagement exercise, it is under no obligation to implement any suggestions from providers.
All details provided by the ICB are in draft format, the ICB reserves the right to change/amend any aspect of the requirement prior to any potential future procurement activity. The ICB also reserves the right to discontinue the market engagement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts and reserves the right to award a contract in part or to call for a new Market Engagement process. This notice is issued subject to Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Please note that any subsequent contract emanating from this notice will be subject to these Regulations. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 will not apply to any future award. The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or attendance at any meetings or events either virtually or in person.
All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change these.
Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
20 October 2025
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No