Official UK procurement notice
Specialist Support with Feeding Plan to enable Hospital Discharge / Placement
Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis urgent contract award relates to the specific, complex support required to enable feeding for a patient currently within a local acute hospital upon discharge to local placement arrangements within a community setting. The patient is currently subject to Court of Protection oversight and frequent court rulings. The support required includes administering feeds twice per day as part of a structured feeding plan under clinical supervision using the least restrictive methods of restraint.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB - Liverpool Place has awarded this contract on the…Awarded
NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB - Liverpool Place has awarded this contract on the grounds of urgency for the provision of specific, complex support required to enable feeding for a patient currently within a local acute hospital upon discharge to local placement arrangements within a community setting. The patient is currently subject to Court of Protection oversight and frequent court rulings.
The support required includes administering feeds twice per day as part of a structured feeding plan under clinical supervision using the least restrictive methods of restraint. The Individual requires intensive interventions as part of their discharge plan which needed to be mobilised quickly and safely.
The Contract has been awarded for an initial period of 6 months (22nd September 2025 to 21st March 2026) with an option to extend for a further 6 months (21st August 2026).
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
- 19 Nov 2025, 14:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Nov 2025, 14:02 GMT
- Authority reference
25-26-QYG-99A-VNNQL-Con- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-075251- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e473Find 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) 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.
Publisher note: This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). 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 urgent contract award is to ensure the individual is moved to a more appropriate setting to meet their highly complex needs and supports a safe discharge plan. The current setting (hospital) is deemed by mental health and physical health clinicians to be more harmful and impacting negatively on their mental health. The Individual requires intensive interventions as part of their discharge plan which need to be mobilised quickly and safely. This plan has been subject to Court of Protection hearings. Decision-making with regards to this patient and associated contracts has been undertaken by C&M ICB (Liverpool Interim Place Director and Associate Director of Quality & Safety Improvement) and Social Care Senior Directors as part of a Complex Cases Panel informed through the local Commissioners and wider Multi-Disciplinary Team supporting the Individual's care. There have been no conflicts of interest declared at any stage of decision-making and contract award process.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Clinical Services Limited t/a Thornbury Community Services | £474,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Specialist Support with Feeding Plan to enable Hospital Discharge / Placement · Independent Clinical Services Limited t/a Thornbury Community Services
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2025
- Value
- £474,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care BoardReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.