NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Community Services for North Sefton

Concepts

• health services
• warrington
• sefton place
• north sefton
• the main community services contract
• existing service provision
• merseyside icb - community services
• merseyside icb
• (sefton place
• nhs cheshire

Location

Northern geographical area of Sefton - Southport & Formby

Description

The Community Services that deliver local, accessible services such as district nursing, therapies, phlebotomy, podiatry, treatment room care for patients living in the northern area of Sefton Place.

Total Quantity or Scope

NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB (Sefton Place) has awarded a contract for Community Services for patients living in the northern area of Sefton Place. This new contract will commence on 1st April 2026. This is a continuation of services that has been previously tendered and will enable NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB to align existing service provision in the North and Mid Mersey region. These services are being absorbed into the main Community Services contract that the Integrated Care Board holds with the provider and will be renewed in perpetuity on an annual basis. The contract is valued at £15 million per year and subsequent years may be subject to an annual inflationary uplift which could be applied in line with usual contracting arrangements.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations Explanation: - Additional deliveries by by the original supplier This is a Contract Award Notice and is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('Regulations') as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations. Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015 Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication. General grounds (2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases: b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons: (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.

Other Information

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) has previously published the VEAT Notice for award. F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice Notice reference: 2023/S 000-038013