Official UK procurement notice
Out of hours crisis services
Authority: MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NHS & healthcare)
Provision of preventative out of hours mental health crisis services in Liverpool, by providing a safe place for people experiencing mental health or other crisis to meet their needs MCFT intends to contract with Creative Support Limited, Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS for the provision of preventative out of hours mental health crisis services in Liverpool, by providing a safe place for people experiencing mental health or other crisis to meet their needs. For the new contract MCFT requires the service to be mobilised from 01 April 2025 for a period of 1 year with the option to extend for a further 2 years.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of preventative out of hours mental health crisis services in Liverpool, by providing a safe place for people experiencing mental health or other crisis to meet their needs
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1MCFT intends to contract with Creative Support Limited, Wellington House, 131…Awarded
MCFT intends to contract with Creative Support Limited, Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS for the provision of preventative out of hours mental health crisis services in Liverpool, by providing a safe place for people experiencing mental health or other crisis to meet their needs. MCFT is currently in contract with Creative Support Limited. For the new contract MCFT requires the service to be mobilised from 01 April 2025 for a period of 1 year 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.
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
- 18 Dec 2024, 14:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Feb 2025, 13:43 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-006218- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c92bFind 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) 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. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 02 January 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR
Publisher note: MCFT intends to contract with Creative Support Limited, Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS for the provision of preventative out of hours mental health crisis services in Liverpool, by providing a safe place for people experiencing mental health or other crisis to meet their needs. MCFT is currently in contract with Creative Support Limited. For the new contract MCFT requires the service to be mobilised from 01 April 2025 for a period of 1 year 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. 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. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 02 January 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (2)
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. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C Award Date - 03 January 20…
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. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C Award Date - 03 January 20…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Support Ltd | £254,161 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 040786-2024-1 · Creative Support Ltd
- Signed
- 17 Dec 2024
- Value
- £254,161
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Creative Support LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.