Falls Prevention Service · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: St Helens Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD)

Awarded value£453,439published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 23 Jul 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Merseyside and West Lancashire NHS Trust

What is being bought

Published requirement description

St Helens Borough Council Public Health Team commission a borough wide multi disciplinary Falls Prevention Service. The service meets NICE Guidance and provides assessment, identification of falls risk, and tailored intervention to manage risk for adults, mainly those aged 65 and over. Assessments and interventions take place in a person's own home, in a care home, or in a local community setting, and the service works closely with providers of strength and balance activities and coordinates the local Falls Prevention Partnership.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: North West

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 23 Jul 2026, 08:42 BST
Last source update: 23 Jul 2026, 08:42 BST
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-069417
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06d165 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Direct award to Merseyside and West Lancashire NHS Trust (MWL), the current provider of the Falls Prevention Service since April 2014. The service has undergone three failed tender processes under Contract Procedure Rules, all of which failed to secure a provider. Following this, a non award decision was made at PLT in October 2024 and it was agreed to redesign the current service rather than re-tender again. A direct award to the existing provider allows continuity of service while the redesign work is carried out.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £453,4391 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 23 Jul 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Merseyside and West Lancashire NHS Trust	£453,439 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 069417-2026-1 · Merseyside and West Lancashire NHS Trust
Signed
23 Jul 2026
Value
£453,439
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

St Helens Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityHealth Town Hall, St Helens, North West, WA101HPContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

St Helens Borough CouncilReview body St Helens

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Merseyside and West Lancashire NHS TrustAwarded supplier Merseyside, UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.