Official UK procurement notice
NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB - Adult Autism Post-Diagnosis Support Service (AAPDSS) - Halton and Warrington Place
Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is acting as an agent on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) who were looking to undertake a Competitive Process for the provision of a Adult Autism Post Diagnosis Support Service (AAPDSS) covering Halton and Warrington Places.
The service will offer psychosocial support to adults registered with a Halton or Warrington General Practice who have received an Autism Spectrum Condition diagnosis. People who are awaiting a diagnosis and have been identified as needing support whilst waiting may also be referred.
The service will be accessed through referral only. Referrals will mainly be initiated by the adult autism assessment provider or via self-referral (or carer/family referring on behalf of individual as appropriate). Referrals can additionally be made by other service providers who work with adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC).
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process for…AwardedPublished value£600,000
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process for Adult Autism Post-Diagnosis Support Service (AAPDSS) - Halton and Warrington Place.
The current service was due to end on Thursday 31st July 2025 with the intended start date being 1st August 2025. However, due to a delay within the ICB, the current contract will now end Friday 31st October 2025 and it is the intention of the ICB to start commissioning a new contract from Monday 3rd November 2025 for 3 years (until 2nd November 2028), with an option to extend for a further 2 years (until 2nd November 2030).
Contract Start Date: 3rd November 2025
Contract End Date: 2nd November 2030
This one contract will cover both Halton and Warrington places.
The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £600,000. The total financial envelope was £120,000 per annum for both places (£600,000 for 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years), excl. VAT. The cost analysis was based on the lowest total overall price submitted (for 3 years + 2 year optional extension).
Any bid was not to exceed the maximum financial envelope of £60,000 per annum per place (Halton Place - £60,000 and Warrington Place - £60,000).
Any bid that exceeded this criterion was to be viewed as Non-Compliant and would take no further part in the procurement exercise.
The service will offer psychosocial support to adults registered with a Halton or Warrington General Practice who have received an Autism Spectrum Condition diagnosis. People who are awaiting a diagnosis and have been identified as needing support whilst waiting may also be referred.
1 bidder has been selected as the highest overall scoring bidder and has been recommended as a successful bidder.
This service is an existing service. Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust will be a new provider.
The contract award criteria was specified in the procurement documents. The procurement documents included the contract award criteria, including the agreed relative importance of key criteria (e.g., weighting, prioritisation) against which, bids were evaluated.
This process was a competitive process, in accordance with regulation 11 of the provider selection regime 2023 for the award of a contract with a competition.
This ITT was made available to all Bidders who have expressed a potential interest in delivering this service in line with the requirements which fall under Regulation 11 for the award of a contract with a competition, and Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. As such, the competitive tendering of these Services was run as a bespoke, single-stage tender process as described in the documentation in this ITT, and in the Find a Tender contract notice advertisement.
The ITT was live on Wednesday 19th February 2025 on the Atamis Portal. The deadline for submission was 28th March 2025 12:00pm mid day.
The Atamis contract reference was C336385 - 'C&M ICB Adult Autism Post-Diagnosis Support Service - Warrington and Halton Feb 2025'.
The questionnaires were located within the requirements.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Section A - Quality and Innovation: 37%
- Section D - improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 10%
- Section B - Value (Price): 20%
- Section B - Value (Risk): 10%
- Section E - Social Value: 10%
- Section C - integration, collaboration and service sustainability: 13%
Published award criteria (6)
- Section A - Quality and Innovation: 37
- Section C - integration, collaboration and service sustainability: 13
- Section D - improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 10
- Section E - Social Value: 10
- Section B - Value (Price): 20
- Section B - Value (Risk): 10
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 Feb 2025, 16:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Sept 2025, 17:12 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
WHISP345- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060311- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e837Find a Tender
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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. From the next working day after the publication of this notice, marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 8th October 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. Representations should be sent to Claire Tyghe, Senior Contract Manager (Health), NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB, via [email protected]. - The decision to award the contract was approved by the Senior Leadership Team (Halton) and the Senior Leadership Team (Warrington). No conflicts were identified from individuals making the decision. Bidders who submitted a bid over the maximum contract value, for would not achieve the score of a pass. Bids which achieved pass / provisional pass criteria in the basic selection and quality pass/fail questions, were to be assessed for the below scored questions. As part of the tender, for questions in '01 Basic Selection' (Basic Selection and Quality Pass/Fail questions) and '02 Common Questions', completion was required once only. The bidder then had to complete the Technical envelope which included the below relative key criteria. - Quality & Innovation - 37.00% - Value - 30.00% - Integration, Collaboration, Service Sustainability - 13.00% - Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities, Facilitating Choice - 10.00% - Social Value - 10.00% The highest weighted key criteria was considered by the Trust to be of higher importance. Following the completed evaluation and moderation process, the Bidder having passed the pass / fail criteria and with the highest combined scores, has been named as the successful Bidder for that lot.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 28 Mar 2025, 12:01 GMT
Timeline
28 Mar 2025 → 26 Sept 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline28 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened28 Mar 2025, 12:01 GMT
- Notice published393 days ago26 Sept 2025, 17:12 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Sept 2025- Status changed to complete26 Sept 2025, 17:12 BST
- Buyer details updated26 Sept 2025, 17:12 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust | £600,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB - Adult Autism Post-Diagnosis Support Service (AAPDSS) - Halton and Warrington Place · Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2025
- Value
- £600,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICBReview body
- NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care BoardReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Mersey Care NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria