Awarded contract

Provision of Acute Visiting, Single Point of Access & Urgent Care Centre appointments across St Helens

Details

Buyer: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
Supplier(s): St Helens Rota
Value: £1,849,660
Topic: Health services
Published: 31 July 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The following relates to services commissioned across Cheshire & Merseyside ICB - St Helens: Acute Visiting Service: The Acute Visiting Service provides a home visiting service that is accessed by General Practices when an urgent appointment is required by a housebound patient who is at risk of needing to attend A&E or hospital admission if not seen very quickly. Single Point of Access: The Single Point of Access enables health and care professionals to access community services, treatment centres and urgent care when a patient requires this via one contact point. This helps to ensure patients access the correct part of the system quickly and appropriately. Patients only access acute services when necessary and via a route that is clinical tested. Urgent Care Centre: The Urgent Care Centre provides on the day GP appointments for practices to book for their patients that require an urgent appointment but have no appointments to offer. Lot 1: NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB intends to award a 2-year contract via Direct Award C to the incumbent provider to deliver Acute Visiting, Single Point of Access and Urgent Care Centre services in St Helens. The contract will start on 1st October 2026, expire on 30th September 2028 and has an annual contract value of £924,830 (plus any applicable NHS Uplift)

Timeline

Completed: Award date21 July 2026
Completed: Award published31 July 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB commissions NHS services, and formed in July 2022 from nine legacy clinical commissioning groups. Contracts are awarded by direct award, by varying an existing agreement, or through open competitive procurement. National and local framework agreements are also used, awarded directly or through a mini competition. Every award follows the Provider Selection Regime and the Procurement Act 2023. Providers can seek accreditation by contacting the ICB's procurement team directly. Procurement decisions are published in the ICB's PSR publication of decisions register.

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 NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB's contract awards have been in health and social work and education and training.

Relevant CPV codes

85100000 · Health services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov
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Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov
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