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.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Independence Support Ltd
- Value
- £230,637
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital support services (CPV 85112000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 049582-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Apr 2025
- Published18 Aug 2025Published 131 days after the contract date
Description
To support the needs of vulnerable patients and provide resilience and support to the staff in the of Macclesfield and Leighton, it is proposed that Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust offer additional Mental Health practitioners in to both Emergency Departments and Macclesfield Section 136 suite. Due to the lack of existing workforce, it is proposed that support is secured from ISL Independence Support Ltd, who currently work within the system to both support discharges and work within the community and in residential placements. 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 Procurement Act 2023 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 decision makers by 29 August 2025 to cwp.…
About the supplier
Independence Support Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10643283).