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Awarded· 19 Nov 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 30 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2024

    Contract awarded

    Liverpool Universoty Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 18:01

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  3. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 08:27

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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 Universoty Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It was awarded on 19 November 2024. The contract value is £1,096,673,719.

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 017812-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0509a2.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) has confirmed the award of a contract for acute secondary care and community services, along with hospice, palliative, and end-of-life care services, throughout Cheshire and Merseyside. This one-year contract, titled "LUHFT/CMICB NHS Standard Contract 2025-26," was awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and commenced on 1st April 2024, set to conclude on 31st March 2025.

The award process, classified under the CPV code 85100000 for health services, was concluded without prior publication, following a direct award procedure due to the absence of realistic alternative providers. The primary supplier, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, will deliver these services primarily across the Liverpool City Region, impacting North West England and parts of Wales and the Isle of Man.

Given the scale and scope of the contract, it favours large healthcare providers with capacity to deliver critical, diagnostic, and urgent care, among other services.

The notice in full

NHS Acute Trust Services to deliver adult services including medical care, critical care, diagnostic imaging and pathology, end of life care, cancer care, community services, outpatients, surgery and urgent and emergency care, including urgent treatment centres..

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 Merseyside. The contract commenced on 1st April 2024 and will expire on the 31st March 2025 with an estimated total annual contract value of PS1,096,673,719 (includes all co-commissioners) This contract now includes elements of service that have been delegated by NHS England.

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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 Universoty Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
Tender Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Tender, Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
Large

Values

Contracts value
£1,096,673,719

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
017812-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0509a2
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 Universoty 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 Universoty Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 19 November 2024.

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

The contract value is £1,096,673,719.

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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