Contract award · 24 Feb 2026

Dementia Services

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust awarded “Dementia Services” to Dementia Resource Community Ltd for £188k.

No competitionHealth & social careNorth West

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
Value
£188,394
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Hospital support services (CPV 85112000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date24 Feb 2026
  2. Published13 Mar 2026Published 17 days after the contract date

Description

DRC is a provider who is suitable to provide care for our older adult population consisting of • Contributing to the reduction of inpatient beds thus maintaining functional skills of pts in own place of residency, thus improving access • Undertake DiAdem assessments in care homes • Undertake specialist assessment and treatments e.g nursing needs assessments, individual care planning, mental capacity acts, MSE, audits, GAD7, PHQ9 and FRAT • Support crisis intervention • Redirect referrals from secondary care • Has CQC insight and is inspected by them • Provides KPI data including users satisfaction and inequalities • Providing good value for money • Offer choice of where a pt is assessed where possible • Have the appropriate level and number of staff to undertake the work. 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 …

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