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Awarded· 27 Jan 2025

Step Down Beds

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust · Knowsley, North West

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Step Down Beds. It is a contract for other health and social care in Knowsley.

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

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Ymca Together

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 11:37

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  3. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 11:17

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About this tender

In brief

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Step Down Beds. It is a contract for other health and social care in Knowsley. The contract went to Ymca Together. It was awarded on 27 January 2025. The contract value is £1,110,394.

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 006113-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04d6ab.

Summary of the contracting process

The Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract for the provision of step down beds for adult service users who are Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust (MCFT) inpatients and open to a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). Classified under the health and social work services category, this contract is valued at £1,110,394 and runs from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2027.

The procurement process progressed directly to the award stage, utilising the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Regulations 2023, and specifically following Direct Award Process C. Key dates include the contract award date of 7 February 2025. Organisations such as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) meeting the specific requirements and currently engaged with similar services would be well-suited to compete for future tenders.

The Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust's contract with YMCA Together highlights the trust's preference for experienced providers capable of maintaining high standards of service delivery throughout the contract's duration.

About this tender

Provision of a step down beds for adult service users who are a MCFT inpatient and open to a CMHT.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    MCFT intends to contract with YMCA Together, Hope House, 15 Leeds Street, Liverpool, L3 6HU for the provision of a step down beds for adult service users who are a MCFT inpatient and open to a CMHT. MCFT is currently in contract with YMCA Together. For the new contract MCFT requires the service to be mobilised from 01 April 2025 for a period of 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

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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
Ymca Together
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
£1,110,394

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
006113-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d6ab
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
Ymca Together
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 Step Down Beds

Who won the Step Down Beds contract?

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Ymca Together on 27 January 2025.

How much is the Step Down Beds contract worth?

The contract value is £1,110,394.

Who is the buyer for Step Down Beds?

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

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