Awarded· 6 Jan 2025
Therapeutic and preventative services to children and young people
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust · Knowsley, North West
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Therapeutic and preventative services to children and young people. It is a contract for other health and social care in Knowsley.
Source: Find a Tender, published 21 May 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Barnardo's
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 12:17
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 13:35
View notice
About this tender
In brief
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Therapeutic and preventative services to children and young people. It is a contract for other health and social care in Knowsley. The contract went to Barnardo's. It was awarded on 6 January 2025. The contract value is £2,609,384.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 21 May 2025. The notice number is 024006-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04de9b.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process involves the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, acting as the buying organisation, which has awarded a contract for "Therapeutic and preventative services to children and young people" under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The process, categorised under health and social work services (CPV: 85000000), has made use of a limited procurement method via a direct award process without prior publication of a call for competition. The services will primarily be delivered in Merseyside (UKD7 region), with the contract term set from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028, valued at £2,609,384.
The contract, awarded to Barnardo's as the existing provider, was finalised on 26 February 2025 following a standstill period allowing representations by providers until 25 February 2025. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a robust track record in health services, or those looking to leverage existing contracts with public health authorities, are well-suited to compete effectively in such procurement processes.
The notice in full
This service works closely with St Helens CYPMHS to provide a range of evidence based therapeutic and preventative services to children and young people.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
MCFT intends to contract with Barnardo's, Leeds Support Office, Rockford House, Low Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5QW. This service works closely with St Helens CYPMHS to provide a range of evidence based therapeutic and preventative services to children and young people. MCFT is currently in contract with Barnardo's.
For the new contract MCFT requires the service to be mobilised from 01 April 2025 for a period of 3 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 Community 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.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Barnardo's
- 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
- £2,609,384
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
- 024006-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04de9b
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- 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
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Marie Beaumont
- Phone
- +44 1514710000
- Address
- Prescot, L34 1PJ · North West · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Barnardo's
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Therapeutic and preventative services to children and young people
Who won the Therapeutic and preventative services to children and young people contract?
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Barnardo's on 6 January 2025.
How much is the Therapeutic and preventative services to children and young people contract worth?
The contract value is £2,609,384.
Who is the buyer for Therapeutic and preventative services to children and young people?
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, based in Knowsley, North West. The named contact is Marie Beaumont, on +44 1514710000.
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