Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RJR
Liverpool Road
Chester
CH21UL
UK
Contact person: Marion Haddley
E-mail: coch.cps@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD63
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.coch.nhs.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
All Age Continuing Care Services (potential PSR framework)
Reference number: F112
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Pre-market engagement for a potential framework agreement to be awarded under the Provider Selection Regime for the delivery of all age continuing care services.
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Commercial Procurement Services seeks to engage with providers with a view to developing a framework agreement for the delivery of all age continuing care services under the Provider Selection Regime and Provider Selection Regime (Wales), together the PSR. Framework agreements are defined in Regulation 16 of the PSR.
All Age Continuing Care (AACC) is a collective term for services provided by the NHS to meet patients' ongoing care needs. These services include the assessment and provision of funding for the care of individuals of all ages, in order to meet these needs. The services provided under AACC include:
• Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
• Funded Nursing Care (FNC)
• Children and Young Peoples' Continuing Care (CYPCC)
• Jointly-funded individual packages of care (JF)
• Other services that provide NHS funding for patients to meet their needs once they have been discharged from hospital, for example patients requiring neurological rehabilitation after brain injury
The objective of this framework is to provide a range of services to support the assessment, delivery and review of AACC provision. The AACC services provided under this framework will support Contracting Authorities to meet targets set at a national and local level, and achieve compliance with the following national frameworks (and any future related frameworks):
• National Framework for Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Care
• Young People's Continuing Care National Framework
The purpose of this pre-market engagement notice is to invite providers to help us to develop a framework agreement service specification and tender documentation.
Providers participating in this pre-market engagement are not guaranteed to receive either an Invitation to Tender (if Invitations to Tender are issued), or a place on any framework agreement which may be awarded following an Invitation to Tender.
Please email coch.cps@nhs.net to express interest in taking part in this pre-market engagement process. We will then be in contact to arrange the next steps.
The closing date for expressions of interest in taking part in this pre-market engagement process is Friday 31st July 2026.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please refer to the Short Description above.
II.2.14) Additional information
The "Estimated date of publication of contract notice" at section II.3 of this notice is a mandatory field to allow publication of this notice.
For the purposes of this pre-market engagement process, the date indicates the window in which we will engage with providers.
There is no guarantee that a contract notice will be published, or that an invitation to tender will be issued.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
31/07/2026
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/07/2026