Awarded· 2 Dec 2024
To work with local voluntary voluntary sector organisations to address the needs of people with SMI
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust · Knowsley, North West
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has awarded this contract. 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
2024
Contract awarded
Liverpool Cvs
2024
Award notice published
Award Notice · 14:22
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Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 14:01
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About this tender
In brief
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Knowsley. The contract went to Liverpool Cvs. It was awarded on 2 December 2024. The contract value is £929,262.
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 006234-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04c313.
Summary of the contracting process
The Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has announced the formal awarding of a contract under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 to work with local voluntary sector organisations to address the needs of people with Severe and Enduring Mental Illness (SMI) in Liverpool. This tender aims to reduce loneliness and isolation, manage the cost of living crisis, and provide support for carers.
The contract, valued at £929,262, will commence on 1st April 2025 and run until 31st March 2028, with an option to extend for an additional two years. The contract was awarded on 19th December 2024, and the procurement method utilised was a direct award process (Process C). The buying organisation, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, is located in Prescot, UKD7 region, overseeing health and social work services.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in mental health, community support, and cost of living initiatives are well-positioned to compete and contribute effectively to the contract's objectives. With the direct award process favouring existing providers like Liverpool CVS, new suppliers should prepare to demonstrate their ability to meet similar service standards to enhance their prospects in future similar procurement processes.
The notice in full
To put in place arrangements with local voluntary sector organisations to address the following needs for those with Severe and Enduring Mental Illness; Reduction in Loneliness & Isolation, Managing the Cost of Living Crisis and Support for Carers in Liverpool.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
MCFT intends to contract with Liverpool CVS, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH to put in place arrangements with local voluntary sector organisations to address the following needs for those with Severe and Enduring Mental Illness; Reduction in Loneliness & Isolation, Managing the Cost of Living Crisis and Support for Carers. MCFT is currently in contract with Liverpool 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.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Liverpool 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
- £929,262
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
- 006234-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c313
- 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
- Lynne Kelly
- Phone
- +44 1514730303
- Address
- Prescot, L34 1PJ · North West · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Liverpool Cvs
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about this tender
Who won the To work with local voluntary voluntary sector organisations to address the… contract?
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Liverpool Cvs on 2 December 2024.
How much is the To work with local voluntary voluntary sector organisations to address the… contract worth?
The contract value is £929,262.
Who is the buyer for To work with local voluntary voluntary sector organisations to address the…?
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, based in Knowsley, North West. The named contact is Lynne Kelly, on +44 1514730303.
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