Awarded· 4 Nov 2025
Specialist Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy in Halton
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Warrington, North West
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded Specialist Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy in Halton. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington.
Source: Find a Tender, published 11 Dec 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Communicate Speech & Language Services
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 10:57
View notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded Specialist Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy in Halton. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington. The contract went to Communicate Speech & Language Services. It was awarded on 4 November 2025. The contract value is £248,609.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 11 December 2025. The notice number is 081824-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05f378.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded a short-term contract for Specialist Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy in Halton, classified under the health services category. The contract was necessitated by urgent circumstances and is tailored to ensure continued service provision following the expiration of the previous arrangement on 29th October 2025.
The award was made under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, excluding the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract spans six months, commencing on 10th November 2025 and concluding no later than 10th May 2026, with a total value of £248,609. The procurement stage is marked by the 'award' phase, with the contract already signed on 4th November 2025, reflecting immediate needs in Halton Place, UKD71 region.
SMEs with scalable operations and experience in healthcare service provision will be particularly well-suited to engage with similar NHS-driven contracts.
The notice in full
Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Service in Halton. The service will be delivered to all children up to their 19th birthday (26th birthday with a statement of special educational needs) who are resident in Halton and registered with a local GP or those not registered with a GP but resident in the borough, e.g. traveller families.
Undertake assessment of need, including provision of specialist speech and language advice to Section G as part of the development of EHCPs and annual reviews, in line with prescribed timeframes.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Halton Place have awarded a 6 month contract to the current provider of this service on the ground of urgency to deliver specialist paediatric speech and language therapy services in Halton Place (to note - this service was previously contracted via a Local Authority led arrangement).
This urgent award is considered as the only feasible option utilising a known provider, whilst a new provider is able to mobilise the new service being transferred to them under a longer term contract. The contract commenced on 10th November 2025 and will expire no later than 10th May 2026. The contract value is PS248,609.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Communicate Speech & Language Services
- 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
- £248,609
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
- 081824-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f378
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- 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
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Claire Tyghe
- Address
- Warrington, WA1 1QY · North West · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Communicate Speech & Language Services
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Specialist Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy in Halton
Who won the Specialist Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy in Halton contract?
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Communicate Speech & Language Services on 4 November 2025.
How much is the Specialist Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy in Halton contract worth?
The contract value is £248,609.
Who is the buyer for Specialist Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy in Halton?
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, based in Warrington, North West. The named contact is Claire Tyghe.
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