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Published 1 Aug 2025, 15:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

The Provision of Cheshire and Merseyside Inpatient Detoxification Framework

Official notice

Authority: Wirral Borough Council (Local council)·Consortium: 9 public authorities

Open framework schemeServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD71)
Framework ceiling (notional)£1,800,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 1 Sept 2025
Framework period 4 yrsends 2 Nov 2029 · starts 3 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The key aims of the Framework are:

a. To provide inpatient detoxification services to service users that complies with current and future best practice, which is in line with national and local applicable guidance, and with relevant protocols in clinical practice. Please view some of these listed in Section 4.0 'Service Delivery'.

b. To support service users to have, where assessed as appropriate by registered health care professionals within the Consortium, rapid access to effective and evidence-based harm reduction and harm prevention strategies.

c. To support those service users who are preparing for a Residential Rehabilitation placement to address any current physical and psychological dependency.

  • No preliminary market engagement: PME HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT UNDER PSR

CPV: Health and social work services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
Call-offs
call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
Framework period
4 yrs from 3 Nov 2025
Scheme runs until
3 Nov 2029
Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
N/A
Published description of the framework

Please see the Framework 'Call-Off Procedure' for information. Where the terms of the framework are sufficiently precise to cover the particular call-off, a Framework may be awarded without re-opening the competition i.e. a 'Direct Award'. Where the terms laid down in the framework are not precise enough or complete for the particular call-off, a further competition (i.e. a Mini Competition) shall be held with all the Providers within the relevant framework.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 4 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£1,800,000
Contract period: 3 Nov 2025 – 2 Nov 2029 (4 yrs)Value: £1,800,000 exc. VAT · £2,160,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
85000000 Health and social work services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Please refer to the Tender Documents for further Information

  • Technical & professional ability

    Please refer to the Tender Documents for further Information

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Q5.1 - Quality & Innovation: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
  • Q5.1 - Quality & Innovation: PSR CRITERIA TO BE FOLLOWED Q5.1 - Quality & Innovation 20% Q5.2 - Value for money 30% Q5.3 - Integration, collaboration and service sustainability 20% Q5.4 - Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities & Facilitating Choice 20% Q5.5- Social Value 10%
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Please refer to the Tender Documents for further Information

  • Technical & professional ability

    Please refer to the Tender Documents for further Information

What this means for your bid
  • “The Provision of Cheshire and Merseyside Inpatient Detoxification…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Open framework scheme
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Aug 2025, 15:49 BST
Last source update
1 Aug 2025, 15:49 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 15 Oct 2025
Authority reference
DN785028
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045338
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North West (UKD71)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056b96 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

All the information is available in the documents.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Appointment period ends
1 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
25 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
call-off levy · N/A
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com ↗

Timeline

1 Aug 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Aug 2025, 15:49 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    25 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    1 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by379 days ago
    15 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts361 days ago
    3 Nov 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Aug 2025, 15:49 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

9 public bodies on the notice

Wirral Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBCP-8675-BHWT Town Hall, Brighton Street, Wallasey, North West, CH44 8EDContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Cheshire East CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PTWR-7124-XZXQ Crewe, North WestContact email
  • Cheshire West and Chester CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PCJB-2814-BHZP Ellesmere Port, North WestContact email
  • Halton Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PLTJ-1788-CBLR Widnes, North WestContact email
  • Knowsley CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PXQQ-8436-NWPV Huyton, North WestContact email
  • Liverpool City CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PRVY-7813-WLPG Liverpool, North WestContact email
  • Sefton Metropolitan Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PTHP-5656-DLCN Bootle, North WestContact email
  • St Helens CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PPYM-6238-VHLR St Helens, North WestContact email
  • Warrington Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PBVX-8195-NXYW Warrington, North WestContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender