Official UK procurement notice
Acute Secondary Care, Mental Health and Learning Disability Services for Children and Young People across Cheshire and Merseyside
Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Acute Trust Services to deliver services for children and young people including medical care, critical care, diagnostic imaging, end of life care, outpatients, surgery, urgent and emergency care, mental health and community paediatric services.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to…Awarded
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to the main provider of acute secondary care, mental health and learning disability services for children and young people across Cheshire and Merseyside. NHS Greater Manchester ICB, NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB, NHS Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent ICB and NHS England are Associate Commissioners to this contract. The contract commenced on 1st April 2026 and will expire on the 31st March 2027 with an estimated annual contract value of £378,731,738.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Apr 2026, 09:21 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:24 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089813- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068ec4Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, under the Health Care Services(Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally modified.<br/><br/>On 16 July 2026 the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB Executive Team approved this decision and no conflicts of interest were declared.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated22 Sept 2026, 16:24 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alder Hey Children's NHS foundation Trust | £377,250,467 † | — | Awarded |
| ALDER HEY CHILDRENS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £378,731,738 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 089813-2026-26-27-QYG-99A-RBS-CON-1 · ALDER HEY CHILDRENS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Signed
- 16 Jul 2026
- Value
- £378,731,738
- Status
- active
- Change NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB have approved a modification to a contract that was awarded under the Provider Selection Regime. The existing contract started on 1st April 2026 and expires on 31st March 2026. This modification does not change the contract term.<br/><br/>The cumulative value of modifications has surpassed the £500,000 threshold for transparency across the contract term. This modification notice has therefore been published in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime 2023 Schedule 12. The below modifications apply to the period 1st April 2026-31st March 2027:<br/><br/>CV01: Home Ventilator Maintenance £108,131<br/>CV04: PCAS Evaluation -£50,000<br/>CV05: PFI Reduction Reversal.<br/><br/>The contract value is increased by £1,481,271. There is no material change to service delivery., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: The cumulative value of modifications has surpassed the £500,000 threshold for transparency across the contract term, mainly due to the reversal of an accounting adjustment in relation to PFI allocations.
Acute Secondary Care, Mental Health and Learning Disability Services for Children and Young People across Cheshire and Merseyside · Alder Hey Children's NHS foundation Trust
- Signed
- 18 Nov 2025
- Value
- £377,250,467
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- ALDER HEY CHILDRENS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTAwarded supplier
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.