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Awarded· 2 Dec 2024

Provision of a high intensity intervention and signposting service

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust · Knowsley, North West

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Provision of a high intensity intervention and signposting service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Knowsley.

Source: Find a Tender, published 20 Feb 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2024

    Contract awarded

    Sefton Cvs

  2. 2024

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 11:55

    View notice
  3. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 14:21

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About this tender

In brief

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Provision of a high intensity intervention and signposting service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Knowsley. The contract went to Sefton Cvs. It was awarded on 2 December 2024. The contract value is £157,893.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 20 February 2025. The notice number is 006261-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04c2f0.

Summary of the contracting process

MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST is procuring a high intensity intervention and signposting service aimed at reducing acute hospital attendances by providing proactive and targeted social interventions in the community. This public procurement process falls under the health and social work services category (CPV 85000000) and is for services in Merseyside, identified as region UKD7.

This tender process, finalised with a direct award, began with the intention notice on 6th December 2024, followed by the actual award on 19th December 2024. The contract, valued at £157,893, will commence on 1st April 2025 and run until 31st March 2028, with an option to extend for an additional two years.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in social work services, particularly those capable of managing frequent hospital patients through community outreach, are ideally suited to compete for such contracts.

The notice in full

Provision of a high intensity intervention and signposting service which prevents people identified as frequent attenders from attending acute hospital through provision of proactive and targeted social interventions in the community

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    MCFT intends to contract with Sefton CVS, Suite 3b Burlington House, Crosby Road North, Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 0LG for the provision of a high intensity intervention and signposting service which prevents people identified as frequent attenders from attending acute hospital through provision of proactive and targeted social interventions in the community. MCFT is currently in contract with Sefton CVS.

    For the new contract MCFT requires the service to be mobilised from 01 April 2025 for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years.

    It is intended to award the contract in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime Regulations under Direct Award Process C where there is an existing provider for the services and that existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract, and the services are not changing considerably.

    The Senior Leadership Team of Mental Health Care Division have made the decision for the award of this contract. No conflicts of interest have been identified and this has been recorded inline with Trust policy.

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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
Sefton Cvs
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
Tender Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Tender, Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
SME

Values

Contracts value
£157,893

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
006261-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c2f0
CPV code
85000000 - Health and social work services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is based in Knowsley. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Knowsley
Town
Liverpool
Postcode
L34 1PJ
Electoral ward
St Michaels
Constituency
Knowsley
Delivery area
Merseyside
Region
North West
Sub-region
East Merseyside
Area
Merseyside
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Category
Services
Contact
Lynne Kelly
Phone
+44 1514730303
Address
Prescot, L34 1PJ · North West · England
Call +44 1514730303

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Sefton Cvs
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 Provision of a high intensity intervention and signposting service

Who won the Provision of a high intensity intervention and signposting service contract?

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Sefton Cvs on 2 December 2024.

How much is the Provision of a high intensity intervention and signposting service contract worth?

The contract value is £157,893.

Who is the buyer for Provision of a high intensity intervention and signposting service?

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, based in Knowsley, North West. The named contact is Lynne Kelly, on +44 1514730303.

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