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Commissioning Support Services

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 21:25.

Opportunity overview

NHS Commissioning Support Services, including the provision of subject matter experts, systems and administration support across a range of corporate services including but not limited to GP IT, Business Intelligence, HR and Employment Services.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit

Match pending…
Shared contract value
£35.2m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
30 Jan 2025
Suppliers
One of 2 awarded suppliers
Award ID
003722-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-NHS 0DE
Location
Warwick, UKD, CV34 4DE, United Kingdom

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

Match pending…
Shared contract value
£35.2m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
30 Jan 2025
Suppliers
One of 2 awarded suppliers
Award ID
003722-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-NHS 0CX
Location
Stoke on Trent, UKD, ST1 2QB, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV75122000 — Administrative healthcare services

Lots

  • Prior to the formation of the Integrated Care Board, the 9 individual Clinical Commissioning Groups within Cheshire and Merseyside obtained corporate services from the Commissioning Support Units, namely GP IT Service Support, Business Intelligence, HR Business Support, Employment Services, Health & Safety Advisory Service, Individual Funding Requests, IT Service Desk, Risk and Incident Management Systems, Healthcare Procurement Support and Referral Management Services. The ICB has a requirement to continue with these corporate support services. Each service provided by the Commissioning Support Unit involves a range of subject matter experts, systems and administrative support. NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB is publishing this VEAT notice to confirm ICB's intention to award the Commissioning Support Services contract to NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU and NHS Arden & GEM CSU. Following publication of the VEAT notice on 4th February 2025, there will be a 10 day standstill period, concluding at midnight on 14th February 2025. During this time if the ICB receives no substantiated objections, the ICB aims to enter into the proposed contract with NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU and NHS Arden & GEM CSU on or after 7th March 2025. Key contact to detail any objection to this VEAT notice - Procurement Team via email: icbprocurementteam@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.ukValue not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04dba2
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below: Cheshire and Merseyside ICB are publishing this VEAT notice to confirm its intention to enter the Commissioning Support Services Contract(s). Following publication of the VEAT notice on 04/02/2025, there will be a 10-day standstill period, concluding on 14/02/2025. Following satisfactory conclusion of the standstill period the ICB will enter the contract for 36 months, until 31st March 2028 with an option to extend for a further 12-month period. This notice has been published pursuant to Regulation 12 (7) of PCR 2015. Commissioning support units were established in April 2013 from the remains of the primary care trusts and strategic health authorities as part of the reorganisation of the National Health Service in England following the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and supported a range of corporate services including those listed in this notice. The 9 individual CCG contracts, which make up Cheshire and Merseyside ICB, transferred to the ICB in July 22 and were consolidated into one master contract, the ICB went through a transformation programme to assess the value of the service lines and in-housed several services and re-tendered several more. The plan during the life of the contract will be to benchmark individual service lines, not protected by NHS England, to ensure quality of service and value for money.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
75122000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Administrative healthcare services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Options
No
Description
Prior to the formation of the Integrated Care Board, the 9 individual Clinical Commissioning Groups within Cheshire and Merseyside obtained corporate services from the Commissioning Support Units, namely GP IT Service Support, Business Intelligence, HR Business Support, Employment Services, Health & Safety Advisory Service, Individual Funding Requests, IT Service Desk, Risk and Incident Management Systems, Healthcare Procurement Support and Referral Management Services. The ICB has a requirement to continue with these corporate support services. Each service provided by the Commissioning Support Unit involves a range of subject matter experts, systems and administrative support. NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB is publishing this VEAT notice to confirm ICB's intention to award the Commissioning Support Services contract to NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU and NHS Arden & GEM CSU. Following publication of the VEAT notice on 4th February 2025, there will be a 10 day standstill period, concluding at midnight on 14th February 2025. During this time if the ICB receives no substantiated objections, the ICB aims to enter into the proposed contract with NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU and NHS Arden & GEM CSU on or after 7th March 2025. Key contact to detail any objection to this VEAT notice - Procurement Team via email: icbprocurementteam@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD6
Entry 2
Region
UKD7

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-NHS-QYG
Name
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD61
Locality
WARRINGTON
Postal Code
WA11QY
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
07
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Health

Identifier

Id
QYG
Scheme
GB-NHS
Legal Name
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

Contact

Name
Siju George
Organisation 2
Id
GB-NHS-0CX
Name
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKD
Locality
Stoke on Trent
Postal Code
ST1 2QB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Bennett House, East Town Road, Hanley

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
0CX
Scheme
GB-NHS
Legal Name
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
Organisation 3
Id
GB-NHS-0DE
Name
NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKD
Locality
Warwick
Postal Code
CV34 4DE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Westgate House, Market Street

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
0DE
Scheme
GB-NHS
Legal Name
NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-101543
Name
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Warrington
Postal Code
WA1 1QY
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
003722-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-NHS-0CX
Name
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
Supplier 2
Id
GB-NHS-0DE
Name
NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
003722-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
003722-2025-1
Date Signed
30 Jan 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
35,200,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · WARRINGTON · UKD61 · WA11QY · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD6
  • Delivery location · UKD7

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04dba2-2025-02-04T16:46:10Zcompiled ·