Provision of Acute Visiting, Single Point of Access & Urgent Care Centre appointments across St Helens
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDEstimated Value
Up to £1,849,660
Deadline
Not specified
Published
31 July 2026
Type
services
Overview
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. 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.
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)
Contact & helpdesk
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.
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Award Details
St Helens ROTA Ltd
Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
ASDA Stores Limited
19 contracts wonlatest 29 Apr 2026£130,909
total awarded
- 2
Sharief Healthcare Ltd
10 contracts wonlatest 23 Apr 2026£118,330
total awarded
- 3
Boots UK Ltd
10 contracts wonlatest 23 Apr 2026£96,939
total awarded
- 4
Bestway National Chemists Ltd
9 contracts wonlatest 23 Apr 2026£37,581
total awarded
- 5
Superdrug Stores Ltd
9 contracts wonlatest 23 Apr 2026£46,558
total awarded
ASDA Stores Limited is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDKey Dates
Published
31 July 2026
Submission deadline
Not specified
Renewal expected70% confident
September 2028
Predicted using explicit duration found in the tender description (24 months from publication date + 60 days (estimated) → renewal expected by Sep 2028).
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