Awarded· 19 Nov 2024
Acute Secondary Care, Mental Health and Learning Disability Services for Children and Young People across Cheshire and Merseyside
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Warrington, North West
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for learning disability and autism in Warrington.
Source: Find a Tender, published 28 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 15:28
View notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for learning disability and autism in Warrington. The contract went to Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust. It was awarded on 19 November 2024. The contract value is £117,947,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 28 April 2025. The notice number is 017409-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0508a1.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has completed the procurement process for providing Acute Secondary Care, Mental Health, and Learning Disability Services for Children and Young People in regions including Liverpool, Sefton, and Knowsley. The contract, awarded without prior publication due to being outside the standard Public Contracts Regulations 2015, will run from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, with an estimated value of £117,947,000.
The Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust has been selected as the main supplier under the Health Care Services Provider Selection Regime Regulations 2023, with a designated award procedure that commenced following approval from the Finance, Investment, and Resource Committee on 19th November 2024.
Suppliers with a proven track record in those areas could leverage this contract to establish or expand their presence in the healthcare industry within the North West of England.
The notice in full
NHS Acute Trust Services to deliver services for children and young people including medical care, critical care, diagnostic imaging, end of life care, outpatients, surgery, urgent and emergency care, mental health and community paediatric services.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to the main provider of acute secondary care, mental health and learning disability services for children and young people across Cheshire and Merseyside. NHS Greater Manchester ICB and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB are Associate Commissioners to this contract.
The contract commenced on 1st April 2025 and will expire on the 31st March 2026 with an estimated NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB annual contract value of PS117,947,000. This contract will also include elements of service that have been delegated by NHS England. Once confirmed, contract values for NHS England and Associate Commissioners will be published via a Modification Notice.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Learning Disability and Autism Support
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £117,947,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 017409-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0508a1
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Town
- Warrington
- Postcode
- WA1 1QY
- Electoral ward
- Bewsey and Whitecross
- Constituency
- Warrington South
- Delivery area
- North West (England)
- Region
- North West
- Sub-region
- Warrington
- Area
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Ruth Waldron
- Address
- Warrington, WA1 1QY · North West · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about this tender
Who won the Acute Secondary Care, Mental Health and Learning Disability Services for… contract?
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust on 19 November 2024.
How much is the Acute Secondary Care, Mental Health and Learning Disability Services for… contract worth?
The contract value is £117,947,000.
Who is the buyer for Acute Secondary Care, Mental Health and Learning Disability Services for…?
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, based in Warrington, North West. The named contact is Ruth Waldron.
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