Contract award · 20 Jan 2026

Continuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board awarded a contract to Newcross Healthcare Solutions Limited - North and Midlands, Springcare…

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.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
Value
£0.02 across 2 lots
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date20 Jan 2026
  2. Published3 Jul 2026Published 164 days after the contract date

Description

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Cheshire Place has awarded a contract via Direct Award B to deliver a CHC service in Cheshire & Merseyside. The contract will start on the 1st of April 2025 and expire on 31st March 2026. The contract will be of nil value and will include individual place agreements within the contract that will include agreed costs. This is a new provider delivering existing CHC Service across Cheshire and Merseyside.

Lots in this award

LotSupplierValue
Continuing Health Service in Cheshire & MerseysideNewcross Healthcare Solutions Limited - North and Midlands SME£0
Continuing Health Service in Cheshire & MerseysideSpringcare Ltd/Lentulus Properties Ltd (The Grove) SME£0

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