Awarded· 5 Jul 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 7 Jul 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Independence Support
2025
Contract starts
2025
Award notice published
UK6 - Contract Award Notice · 07:45
View notice2026
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 5 July 2025. The awarded value is £773,815. The contract runs from 6 July 2025 to 31 March 2026. It lasts 0½ years.
It is run as a below threshold - without competition. Find a Tender published it on 7 July 2025. The notice number is 037619-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-055992.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process for "Community Crisis Beds," undertaken by the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, focuses on the provision of accommodation-based crisis intervention services within the region of Chester, United Kingdom. This process, which falls under the industry category of community health services, reached the award stage on 7th July 2025, and the contract will span from 7th July 2025 to 31st March 2026.
Conducted through a direct procurement method without competition, the contract, valued at £773,815, is awarded to Independence Support Ltd, a small to medium-sized enterprise. The service aims to provide a safe accommodation alternative to inpatient services with comprehensive support, making it a crucial development in crisis care within the West Cheshire footprint.
The awarded contract highlights the role of SMEs in delivering tailored social care solutions, underlining their capacity to adopt innovative approaches to public healthcare needs.
The notice in full
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. The service will provide a Step down and/or admissions avoidance in the form of accommodation-based crisis intervention. The provision will be situated in self-contained facilities including bedroom/en-suite.
It provides support and overnight accommodation as a planned, safe and sustainable discharge and/or accommodation-based crisis support as an alternative to inpatient services. The service provides meals for those requiring them, bedding, toiletries and emergency clothing. The service can/will store and administer prescribed medications for those who are at risk of non-compliance or overdose.
All sites have full CCTV and fob door entry systems for security, only those assessed as appropriate will be able to access the site 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
- 6 Jul 2025 to 31 Mar 2026 (0½ years)
- Awarded to
- Independence Support
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK6 - Contract Award 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
- Active
Not stated in the notice: contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 037619-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055992
- 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 5 July 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 6 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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