Specialist Support with Feeding Plan to enable Hospital Discharge / Placement
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The NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has completed an urgent procurement process for the contract titled "Specialist Support with Feeding Plan to enable Hospital Discharge / Placement". This service, classified under the health services category (CPV: 85100000), takes place in Liverpool Place, UKD7. The awarded contract, valued at £474,000, commenced on 22nd September 2025 and covers a 6-month period until 21st March 2026, with an optional extension for another six months.
The procurement was conducted through a limited procedure under the Provider Selection Regime, bypassing the usual Public Contracts Regulations 2015, due to the necessity of responding quickly to a critical healthcare need to support a patient's discharge from an acute hospital setting. This tender provides significant opportunities for businesses specialising in healthcare services, particularly those capable of delivering complex and urgent care support for patients with specific needs. Companies experienced in providing clinical support and interventions, especially under high-pressure or urgent conditions, are well-suited to compete for such contracts.
The involvement of Independent Clinical Services Ltd (Trading as Thornbury Community Services) highlights the suitability for large-scale organisations adept at rapidly mobilising specialised care teams to meet critical healthcare requirements promptly. Business growth in this sector can be achieved by developing niche services catering to complex medical care needs under urgent circumstances.
This urgent contract award relates to the specific, complex support required to enable feeding for a patient currently within a local acute hospital upon discharge to local placement arrangements within a community setting. The patient is currently subject to Court of Protection oversight and frequent court rulings. The support required includes administering feeds twice per day as part of a structured feeding plan under clinical supervision using the least restrictive methods of restraint.
NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB - Liverpool Place has awarded this contract on the grounds of urgency for the provision of specific, complex support required to enable feeding for a patient currently within a local acute hospital upon discharge to local placement arrangements within a community setting. The patient is currently subject to Court of Protection oversight and frequent court rulings. The support required includes administering feeds twice per day as part of a structured feeding plan under clinical supervision using the least restrictive methods of restraint. The Individual requires intensive interventions as part of their discharge plan which needed to be mobilised quickly and safely. The Contract has been awarded for an initial period of 6 months (22nd September 2025 to 21st March 2026) with an option to extend for a further 6 months (21st August 2026).
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