Awarded· 18 Sept 2025
Crisis Cafe
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester, North West
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Crisis Cafe. It is a contract for other health and social care in Cheshire West and Chester.
Source: Find a Tender, published 2 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Independence Support
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 15:03
View notice2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 09:25
View notice
About this tender
In brief
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Crisis Cafe. 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 18 September 2025. The contract value is £286,814.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 2 October 2025. The notice number is 061574-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-059e62.
Summary of the contracting process
The public procurement process under the "Crisis Cafe" contract involves the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as the buyer. This process is focused on the health services industry, specifically designed to support community members in crisis within the UKD63 region, centred around Chester. The procurement aims to extend an existing contract to offer consistent service provision through 31st March 2026.
The procurement stage is currently in the award phase, with a contract value of £143,357. The process has utilised a limited procurement method, specifically awarding without prior publication of a call for competition, to ensure continuity of essential mental health support services until a competitive process can be thoroughly conducted by early 2026.
Moreover, entities experienced in operating within the public health sector, specifically under newer procurement regulations like the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, would be exceptionally well-suited to compete for such contracts.
The notice in full
The East Crisis Cafes are established within the East locality. They are a familiar resource for communities to access and are meeting the requirements of the contract in terms of agreed performance within the financial envelope. It has been agreed to extend the current contract until 31st March 2026 in order for a competitive procurement process to take place.
Due to lack of resource in teams this was not achieved previously but the planning process has commenced in readiness for 1st April 2026.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The Trust recommendation is that the contract with the provider is extended as all outcomes and contractual obligations are currently being met and achieved. The provider has established and is maintaining positive relationships with stakeholders and other providers of mental health care. This includes the Trust First Response teams such as Home Treatment Team, and Crisis Line who regularly refer patients to the service.
The service is open 7 days a week from 1pm to 10pm and provides a safe, welcoming and comfortable space away from a clinical environment for people in crisis, and those seeking to prevent the onset of a crisis. The team provide emotional support, practical advice, devise safety plans and offer signposting to patients.
The cafe is viewed by professionals and public as a core part of the health and care service offer. A break in this service offer would be detrimental to the hundreds of patients who use this service every month. It is recommended this contract is extended until the competitive process is actioned by the end of this year.
In parallel a competitive procurement exercise will begin. 01/10/2025-31/03/2026 at PS143,357
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Independence Support
- 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
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £286,814
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
- 061574-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059e62
- CPV code
- 85100000 - 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
- Delivery area
- North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
- 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
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Crisis Cafe
Who won the Crisis Cafe contract?
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Independence Support on 18 September 2025.
How much is the Crisis Cafe contract worth?
The contract value is £286,814.
Who is the buyer for Crisis Cafe?
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, based in Cheshire West and Chester, North West.
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