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Awarded· 14 Mar 2025

Contract Cafe Mental Health Support Services

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester, North West

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Contract Cafe Mental Health Support Services. It is a contract for mental health support in Cheshire West and Chester.

Source: Find a Tender, published 21 Mar 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Spider Project

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 12:27

    View notice
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About this tender

In brief

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Contract Cafe Mental Health Support Services. It is a contract for mental health support in Cheshire West and Chester. The contract went to Spider Project. It was awarded on 14 March 2025. The contract value is £3,238,593.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 21 March 2025. The notice number is 010655-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04f751.

Summary of the contracting process

The Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is set to award a contract titled "Contract Cafe Mental Health Support Services" under the Community Health Services category (CPV code: 85323000). The procurement process has reached the award stage with a completion status. This contract involves the provision of crisis cafe mental health support services in the UKD63 region.

Key dates include the publication date of 2025-03-21 and a representation deadline of 10-04-2025. This tender follows a limited procurement method, specifically an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) regulations 2023. The existing provider, Spider Project CIC, has been identified as the preferred supplier, demonstrating high standards in the original contract and potential in the proposed contract.

This opportunity is particularly conducive for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) specializing in community health services, given the procurement method's aim to streamline the selection process.

The notice in full

Provision of Crisis Cafe Mental Health Support Services.

The trust is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process 'C' of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    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 contract regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

    The publication of this notice, marks the start of the stand still period. Representations by providers, must be made to the trust by 10.4.25 This contract has not yet formally been awarded and this notice serves as an intention to award under the Provider Selection Regime.

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Key facts

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

Contract

Service
Mental Health Support
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Spider Project
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
SME

Values

Contracts value
£3,238,593

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
010655-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f751
CPV code
85323000 - Community health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is based in Cheshire West and Chester. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Town
Chester
Postcode
CH2 1BQ
Electoral ward
Upton
Constituency
Chester North and Neston
Delivery area
Cheshire West and Chester
Region
North West
Sub-region
Cheshire West and Chester
Area
Cheshire
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Category
Services
Contact
Steve Doran
Address
Chester, CH2 1BQ · North West · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Spider Project
Awardee scale
SME
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 Contract Cafe Mental Health Support Services

Who won the Contract Cafe Mental Health Support Services contract?

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Spider Project on 14 March 2025.

How much is the Contract Cafe Mental Health Support Services contract worth?

The contract value is £3,238,593.

Who is the buyer for Contract Cafe Mental Health Support Services?

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, based in Cheshire West and Chester, North West. The named contact is Steve Doran.

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