01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- 85100000 — Health services
- Tender period
- Not supplied — Not supplied
Description
The provider delivers a dedicated Section 136 Observation Service supporting individuals detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act. The service provides: • Safe and compliant observation • 24/7 staffing cover where required • Close working with Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs), Section 12 doctors, police, and acute trusts • The service operates in accordance with the Mental Health Act 1983 The provider maintains clinical governance arrangements, including: • Observation protocols aligned with national guidance • Appropriate risk assessment protocols • Escalation pathways The provider complies with the Mental Health Act 1983 and Code of Practice and is CQC registered and integrated within local crisis pathways. The workforce is trained in: • delivering the Section 136 Observation Service • crisis management • prevention and management of violence and aggression (PMVA) • trauma-informed care • safeguarding (adult and child where applicable)
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Section 136 Observations
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 18 February 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Countess of Chester, Health Park, Liverpool Road, Chester, UKD63, CH21BQ, United Kingdom
INDEPENDENCE SUPPORT LTD
Gloucestershire, UK, United Kingdom
Companies House 10643283 →Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel
London, United Kingdom
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04 Provenance
Source for this process
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