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Awarded· 15 Feb 2024

Online Children & Young Adults Mental Health and Wellbeing provision (10-25 years) in St Helens

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Warrington, North West

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington.

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

Key dates

  1. 2024

    Contract awarded

    Kooth Digital Health

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 12:34

    View notice
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About this tender

In brief

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington. The contract went to Kooth Digital Health. It was awarded on 15 February 2024. The contract value is £251,400.

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 010662-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04f755.

Summary of the contracting process

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board intends to award a contract under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) for the provision of online mental health and wellbeing services for children and young adults aged 10-25 years in St Helens.

This two-year contract, with a potential twelve-month extension, is set to commence on 1st April 2024 and aims to enhance mental health and emotional wellbeing through digital resources and community engagement via local schools. The award decision, approved on 15th February 2024, will be finalised following an eight-day standstill period for any provider representations, and the annual contract value is £83,800 with potential NHS uplifts.

The emphasis on social value, service sustainability, and health inequalities makes this contract especially attractive for providers dedicated to long-term community health improvement strategies.

The notice in full

Provision of a digital mental health and emotional wellbeing offer for St Helens children and young people aged 10 - 25, with access to a range of resources, including self-help strategies, same day access to counselling via online chat offer. In addition, a community presence via an Engagement Officer who works within local schools to promote the service uptake.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB - St Helens Place intend to award a 2 year contract with an option to extend for a further 12 months via Direct Award C to the incumbent provider to deliver a digital mental health and emotional wellbeing offer for St Helens children and young people aged 10 - 25.

    The contract will start on 1st April 2024 and will expire 31st March 2026 with a further option to extend for 12 months with expiry 31st March 2027. The annual contract value is PS83,800 (plus any appropriate NHS uplift).

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Key facts

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

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Kooth Digital Health
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
£251,400

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
010662-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f755
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board is based in Warrington. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Warrington
Town
Warrington
Postcode
WA1 1QY
Electoral ward
Bewsey and Whitecross
Constituency
Warrington South
Delivery area
East Merseyside
Region
North West
Sub-region
Warrington
Area
Cheshire
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Contact
Mervyn Kennedy
Address
Warrington, WA1 1QY · North West · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Kooth Digital Health
Awardee scale
Large
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 this tender

Who won the Online Children & Young Adults Mental Health and Wellbeing provision (10-25… contract?

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Kooth Digital Health on 15 February 2024.

How much is the Online Children & Young Adults Mental Health and Wellbeing provision (10-25… contract worth?

The contract value is £251,400.

Who is the buyer for Online Children & Young Adults Mental Health and Wellbeing provision (10-25…?

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, based in Warrington, North West. The named contact is Mervyn Kennedy.

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