Award

Lincolnshire Community Equipment Services (LCES)

LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

10 Oct 2022 at 06:56

Tender

06 Jun 2022 at 15:50

Planning

09 Feb 2022 at 08:36

Summary of the contracting process

The Lincolnshire Community Equipment Services (LCES) procurement process, led by Lincolnshire County Council, is aimed at providing essential health and social work services. This procurement is in the award stage after being completed. The service involves the supply, maintenance, and storage of a wide range of community equipment including simple aids to daily living, complex aids to daily living, bespoke equipment, and more. The contract, currently active with NRS Healthcare, was signed on 29th September 2022.

This procurement offers opportunities for businesses in the health and social care sector to compete for providing essential equipment and services to support individuals with long-term conditions and disabilities. Businesses specializing in medical equipment, maintenance services, and related solutions are well-suited to engage in this tender process. The planned future contract renewal may extend up to ten years, providing long-term partnership opportunities for successful bidders.

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Notice Title

Lincolnshire Community Equipment Services (LCES)

Notice Description

The Lincolnshire Community Equipment Service (LCES) is an equipment loan service which is required to help meet the Health and Social Care needs of people of all ages, including children, who have long term conditions and disabilities.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Lincolnshire Community Equipment Service (LCES) provides a community equipment loan service across the whole of Lincolnshire for adults, children and young people in community settings, care settings and education settings on behalf of commissioning partners who have statutory requirement duties under various legislation to provide community equipment for people with an assessed eligible social or health care need. The primary functions of the service are to: - Purchase equipment - standard and special equipment; - Store equipment - standard and special equipment; - Provide an IT system that delivers the requirements of the service; - Provide reporting into activity and use of the service by authorises prescribers; - Provide the logistics in relation to placing orders, delivering, installation, repair, collection, maintenance, storing, cleaning and refurbishing of all equipment; - Deliver a high-quality person-centred service; - Deliver the service in line with operational procedures agreed by commissioners; - Work closely the LCES Team and Partners in service delivery. The community equipment to be supplied, maintained, collected, recycled and stored through the Service are summarised below: - Simple Aids to Daily Living (SADLs) - small selection of products to aid independent living including perching stools, trolleys, bathing and toileting aids, and walking aids; - Complex Aids to Daily Living (CADLs) - includes hoists, slings, powered equipment and specialist bathing equipment; beds / accessories and pressure care equipment; - Bespoke / Non-Stock Equipment - includes items that do not form part of the standard equipment product range and are instead additional 'one-off' items that meet the Patient's / Customer's assessed needs; - Provision of Ceiling Track Hoists, Stair lifts, Ramps and Rails; - Provision of Weighing Scales Service; - Equipment for children through Birth to Five Service; - Equipment within the Special Educational Needs setting; - Provision of Occupational Therapy Assessments; - PPE and LFT Management and Storage; - Provision of seating clinics, also training and demonstration to Partners and Service Users; - Servicing and Maintenance of Equipment in a variety of settings such as Day Centres; and - The Lincolnshire Wheelchair Service.

Renewal: The Community Equipment element (LCES) of the Contract will be let for an initial period of five years intended to commence on 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2028 with the options to extend in further periods up to a total of ten years 31st March 2033. The Wheelchair Services (LCWS) will have a staggered start date of 1st April 2024 then aligning with that of the Community Equipment element with an initial period of four years to 31st March 2028 with the options to extend in further periods up to a total of nine years 31st March 2033.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0314e4
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028343-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

50 - Repair and maintenance services

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

33100000 - Medical equipments

50421000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£90,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£73,746,990 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Oct 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
20 Jul 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
22 May 2022Expired
Award Date
28 Sep 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Additional Buyers

NHS LINCOLNSHIRE CCG

NHS LINCOLNSHIRE CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP

Contact Name
Mrs Marie Kaempfe-Rice
Contact Email
marie.kaempfe-rice@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1522554087

Buyer Location

Locality
LINCOLN
Postcode
LN1 1YL
Post Town
Lincoln
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF3 Lincolnshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF30 Lincolnshire CC
Delivery Location
TLF3 Lincolnshire

Local Authority
North Kesteven
Electoral Ward
Sleaford Holdingham
Westminster Constituency
Sleaford and North Hykeham

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

NRS HEALTHCARE

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