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Awarded· 12 Mar 2024

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 · Warrington, North West

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington.

Source: Find a Tender, published 29 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2024

    Contract awarded

    Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 13:33

    View notice
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About this tender

In brief

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington. The contract went to Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It was awarded on 12 March 2024. The contract value is £776,346,780.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 29 April 2025. The notice number is 017645-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-050943.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) for acute secondary care services, encompassing community, hospice, palliative, and end-of-life care across Cheshire and Merseyside. This award pertains to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and falls outside the scope of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

The contract, entitled "LUHFT/CMICB NHS Standard Contract 2024-25," is valued at £776,346,780 and was awarded to the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This active contract will be implemented from 1st April 2024 until 31st March 2025. The procurement method used was a direct award without a prior call for competition.

Services will be delivered across Liverpool, Sefton, and Knowsley, with potential access from neighbouring areas such as Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

The notice in full

NHS Acute Trust to deliver adult services including Acute Services, A&E, Cancer, Community, Diagnostic/Pathology, EoL, PTS and Urgent Treatment Centres. In addition community anticoagulation services will be amalgamated into the main contract.

Lots (1)

  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 / community services. The contract commenced on 1st April 2024 and will expire on the 31st March 2025 with an estimated annual contract value of PS776,346,780. This contract now includes elements of service that have been delegated by NHS England.

    Associate commissioner information to follow via modification.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Liverpool University Hospitals 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
£776,346,780

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
017645-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-050943
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board is based in Warrington. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Warrington
Town
Warrington
Postcode
WA1 1QY
Electoral ward
Bewsey and Whitecross
Constituency
Warrington South
Delivery area
Cheshire, TLD7 Merseyside
Region
North West
Sub-region
Warrington
Area
Cheshire
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Contact
Alison Picton
Address
Warrington, WA1 1QY · North West · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about this tender

Who won the Acute Secondary Care Services / Community Services/ Hospice, Palliative and End… contract?

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 12 March 2024.

How much is the Acute Secondary Care Services / Community Services/ Hospice, Palliative and End… contract worth?

The contract value is £776,346,780.

Who is the buyer for Acute Secondary Care Services / Community Services/ Hospice, Palliative and End…?

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, based in Warrington, North West. The named contact is Alison Picton.

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