Expired contract

Rapid Response Service to support Section 136 Observations

Details

Value
£723,884
Duration
6 months
Topic
Health services
Published
25 June 2025

Tender description

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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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 7th July 2025 to cwp.contracts@nhs.net. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. ISL has been providing this service since 2022 when funding was made available by the ICB to respond to the increase in demand for mental health 136 observations and support across the CWP footprint. There has been no substantial change to the nature or cost of the service delivered. There are plans in place to go out to tender for this service within this financial year. As this procurement exercise will take time there is a need to extend this contract so there is no break in service. 01/04/25 to 31/12/25 £723,884 ## Contract award Title: Rapid Response Service to support Section 136 Observations

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published25 June 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date25 June 2025
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date31 December 2025

About the buyer

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust delivers mental health, learning disability and community health services as an NHS trust. Local commissioners across Cheshire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester fund most of its contracts. Tenders are published through Atamis, the NHS's single eCommercial system. Suppliers can also search Contracts Finder and the Find a Tender Service. Much of its non-clinical spend runs through NHS Supply Chain and framework agreements. The Trust operates over 60 sites across Cheshire, Wirral and the wider North West.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and electrical equipment and lighting.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 85100000 · Health services

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