Awarded· 25 Feb 2025
Care Home Enhanced Rapid Response Service (CHERRS)
NHS North East and North Cumbria Icb · Sunderland, North East
NHS North East and North Cumbria Icb has awarded Care Home Enhanced Rapid Response Service (CHERRS). It is a contract for residential care and care home in Sunderland.
Source: Find a Tender, published 11 Mar 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 14:27
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 09:52
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About this tender
In brief
NHS North East and North Cumbria Icb has awarded Care Home Enhanced Rapid Response Service (CHERRS). It is a contract for residential care and care home in Sunderland. The contract went to Elm Alliance. It was awarded on 25 February 2025. The contract value is £812,364.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 11 March 2025. The notice number is 008649-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04e7ce.
Summary of the contracting process
NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB has concluded the procurement process for the Care Home Enhanced Rapid Response Service (CHERRS). This service falls under the "Health services" industry category and aims to provide timely reactive care to manage acute illnesses and long-term conditions for care home residents. The contract has been awarded through Direct Award Process C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The contract, valued at £812,364, will commence on 1st April 2025 and end on 31st March 2027. The buying organisation's contact point is NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB, located in Pemberton House, Sunderland, UKC. The award criteria focused on key competencies, which were clearly outlined in the procurement documents, offering a structured and transparent selection process.
The notice in full
The service will provide timely reactive care, anticipating disease exacerbation and manage acute illness based on the providers in depth understanding of long-term conditions as part of a person-centered approach. The provider will ensure the service provides high levels of communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills that will ensure risk can be managed appropriately.
The provider will ensure that staff take responsibility for their own decisions, through advanced clinical skills including non-medical prescribing and physical assessment to support effective clinical decision making in relation to the wellbeing of care home residents.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The service will provide timely reactive care, anticipating disease exacerbation and manage acute illness based on the providers in depth understanding of long-term conditions as part of a person-centered approach. The provider will ensure the service provides high levels of communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills that will ensure risk can be managed appropriately.
The provider will ensure that staff take responsibility for their own decisions, through advanced clinical skills including non-medical prescribing and physical assessment to support effective clinical decision making in relation to the wellbeing of care home residents. The relevant authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023.
The final contract value is still to be finalised as it is dependent on the national NHS planning guidance which is still to be released. As an indication the 2023/24 contract value is PS406,182. Contract Start Date: 01 April 2025 Contract End Date: 31 March 2027
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Residential Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Elm Alliance
- 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
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £812,364
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
- 008649-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e7ce
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Town
- Sunderland
- Postcode
- SR4 6SJ
- Electoral ward
- Pallion
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Delivery area
- North East (England)
- Region
- North East
- Sub-region
- Sunderland
- Area
- Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Icb
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Sunderland, SR4 6SJ · North East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Elm Alliance
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Care Home Enhanced Rapid Response Service (CHERRS)
Who won the Care Home Enhanced Rapid Response Service (CHERRS) contract?
NHS North East and North Cumbria Icb awarded the contract to Elm Alliance on 25 February 2025.
How much is the Care Home Enhanced Rapid Response Service (CHERRS) contract worth?
The contract value is £812,364.
Who is the buyer for Care Home Enhanced Rapid Response Service (CHERRS)?
NHS North East and North Cumbria Icb, based in Sunderland, North East.
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