Awarded· 19 Nov 2024
Acute Secondary Care Services across Cheshire and Merseyside
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Warrington, North West
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded Acute Secondary Care Services across Cheshire and Merseyside. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington.
Source: Find a Tender, published 30 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 11:25
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded Acute Secondary Care Services across Cheshire and Merseyside. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington. The contract went to Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It was awarded on 19 November 2024. The contract value is £454,059,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 30 April 2025. The notice number is 017955-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-050a18.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract for the provision of Acute Secondary Care Services across Cheshire and Merseyside to the Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This procurement falls under the Provider Selection Regime as per the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, and thus does not adhere to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The contract, valued at £454,059,000 annually, commenced on 1st April 2025 and is set to conclude on 31st March 2026. It covers services including medical care, maternity, surgery, and emergency care, with the principal service location being Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral.
Given the emphasis on high-quality healthcare provision and large-scale operation, organisations with expertise in integrated health solutions, supply chain management, and patient care technology will find this procurement particularly relevant for strategic partnerships or future tender engagements.
The notice in full
NHS Acute Trust Services to deliver medical care, services for children and young people, critical care, diagnostic imaging, end of life care, maternity, outpatients, surgery and urgent and emergency care. In addition, CDC, MSK and Direct Access to Diagnostics services will be amalgamated into the main contract.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to the main acute secondary care service provider across Cheshire and Merseyside including anticoagulation, CDC, MSK and Direct Access to Diagnostic services. The contract commenced on 1st April 2025 and will expire on the 31st March 2026 with an estimated annual contract value of PS454,059,000.
This contract now includes elements of services that have been delegated by NHS England, and services delivered on behalf of Wirral Borough Council. Updates to the estimated contract value will be included within future contract modifications.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital 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
- £454,059,000
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
- 017955-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050a18
- 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
- Wirral
- 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
- Jane Hamlet
- Address
- Warrington, WA1 1QY · North West · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Acute Secondary Care Services across Cheshire and Merseyside
Who won the Acute Secondary Care Services across Cheshire and Merseyside contract?
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on 19 November 2024.
How much is the Acute Secondary Care Services across Cheshire and Merseyside contract worth?
The contract value is £454,059,000.
Who is the buyer for Acute Secondary Care Services across Cheshire and Merseyside?
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, based in Warrington, North West. The named contact is Jane Hamlet.
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