Step Down Beds · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD7)

Awarded value£495,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 16 Dec 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Excel Housing Solutions

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision of 13 Step Down Beds for adult service users who occupy a MCFT mental health inpatient bed who will remain open to a mental health CMHT and/or CRHT service.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1MCFT intends to contract with Excel Housing Solutions, Unit 6b, Vesty Business Park,…Awarded

MCFT intends to contract with Excel Housing Solutions, Unit 6b, Vesty Business Park, Vesty Road, Bootle, L30 1NY for the provision of 13 step down beds for adult service users who occupy a mental health MCFT inpatient bed who will remain open to a mental health CMHT and/or CRHT service. MCFT is currently in contract with Excel Housing Solutions, and this is a 15-month (1st January 2026 to 31st March 2027) continuation of the current arrangement. 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 contract value is approximately £495k.

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 in line with Trust policy.

Delivery: North West · Merseyside

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 16 Dec 2025, 15:46 GMT
Last source update: 16 Jan 2026, 16:16 GMT
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-004062
Classification (CPV): Health and social work services
Delivery area: North West (UKD7)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f703 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: 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.

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender

Published amendments (1)

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.' Date Awarded: 05.01.26 C…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £495,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 16 Dec 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Excel Housing SolutionsVCSE	£495,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Step Down Beds · Excel Housing SolutionsVCSE
Signed
16 Dec 2025
Value
£495,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: RW4 V7 Building, Kings Business Park, Prescot, Liverpool, North West, L341PJContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Excel Housing SolutionsAwarded supplierGB-COH: 08519802 Unit 6b, Vesty Business Park, Vesty Road, Bootle, Liverpool, North West, L30 1NY

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.