Awarded· 23 Jun 2025
Community Crisis Beds
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester, North West
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Community Crisis Beds. It is a contract for other health and social care in Cheshire West and Chester.
Source: Find a Tender, published 23 Jun 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Award notice published
UK5 - Transparency Notice · 09:58
View notice2025
Contract starts
2026
Contract ends
0½ years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Community Crisis Beds. It is a contract for other health and social care in Cheshire West and Chester. The contract went to Independence Support. It was awarded on 23 June 2025. The awarded value is £773,815. The contract runs from 3 July 2025 to 31 March 2026. It lasts 0½ years.
It is run as a below threshold - without competition. The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs. Find a Tender published it on 23 June 2025. The notice number is 034301-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05517c.
Summary of the contracting process
The contracting process for "Community Crisis Beds" is led by the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, a central government public authority located in Chester, UK. This procurement falls within the services industry category, specifically community health services. The current procurement stage is an award, with an intention to award notice effective as of 23rd June 2025, while representations must be made by 5th July 2025.
The standstill period begins on 4th July 2025, and the contract period is from 4th July 2025 to 31st March 2026. The procurement method utilised is direct and below threshold, without competition. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specializing in community health services, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Independence Support Ltd, an SME based in Gloucestershire, is suitable and pending as the supplier for this contract valued at £773,815.
The notice in full
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 5th July 2025 to cwp.contracts@nhs.net. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.'
ISL have been providing this service since April 2022 when funding was made available from the ICB for Crisis Bed provision within the West Cheshire Footprint. There are plans to go out to tender of this service within this financial year.
As this procurement exercise will take time there is a need to extend this contract the current contract so there is no break and we can maintain continuity of care for Patients. 01/04/2025 to 31/03/2026 PS773,815
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 3 Jul 2025 to 31 Mar 2026 (0½ years)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs)
- Awarded to
- Independence Support
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Procedure
- Below threshold - without competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Awards value
- £773,815
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Pending
Not stated in the notice: contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 034301-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05517c
- CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Town
- Chester
- Postcode
- CH2 1BQ
- Electoral ward
- Upton
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston
- Region
- North West
- Sub-region
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Area
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Chester, CH2 1BQ · North West · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Independence Support
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- £773,815
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Community Crisis Beds
Who won the Community Crisis Beds contract?
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Independence Support on 23 June 2025. It is due to end on 31 March 2026, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the Community Crisis Beds contract worth?
The awarded value is £773,815. The contract runs from 3 July 2025 to 31 March 2026 (0½ years).
Who is the buyer for Community Crisis Beds?
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, based in Cheshire West and Chester, North West.
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