Award

Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service for Essex

ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

30 Mar 2023 at 16:22

Tender

14 Nov 2022 at 15:52

Planning

31 Oct 2022 at 22:05

Summary of the contracting process

Essex County Council awarded a contract for the Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service for Essex to Medequip Assistive Technology Limited. The procurement process, led by Essex County Council, was for health and social work services and completed in March 2023. The contract is valued at £140 million and commences on 1st July 2023. The Consortium comprises Essex County Council and partners who aim to provide community equipment services across Essex. The Council has adopted a selective procurement method with a competitive procedure and has emphasised quality, social value, and commercial criteria in the award process.

The Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service for Essex offers opportunities for businesses in the health and social work services sector to participate in providing essential equipment to residents. Businesses capable of delivering services such as sourcing, delivery, installation, and maintenance of equipment are well-suited for this contract. The procurement aims to support the independence and well-being of Essex residents of all ages and needs. With a focus on quality, social value, and environmental considerations, companies with expertise in healthcare equipment and services can benefit from this tender and contribute to enhancing the quality of life for the community.

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Notice Title

Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service for Essex

Notice Description

Notice of award by Essex County Council for the Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service for Essex (ICELS) commencing July 2023 for an initial 5-year period (with a further extension option of up to 2 years) for the benefit of the Consortium. The Council is the lead organisation for the Consortium which is currently made up of the Council and the Partners identified in section VI.3 of this notice. The Consortium works together under partnership arrangements under the National Health Service Act 2006 and the Local Government Act 1972 (as applicable to the relevant Partner) to provide community equipment services to Essex residents who are eligible under the Health and Social Care Act 2006 and the Care Act 2014 (as applicable to the relevant Partner) across the administrative areas of the Consortium in Essex. To be noted that delivery of the Services extends to a wider geographic area to facilitate where service users may be located. Enabling people to remain independent, and to live as full a life as they can in their own home, is fundamental to the Consortium's approach to supporting people. One of the principal ways that the Consortium does this is with the provision of equipment to people of all ages and needs across the administrative areas of the Consortium in Essex. The ICELS for Essex provides equipment on loan to people living in the community, based on clinical or assessed need, to enable them to do tasks they would otherwise be unable to do and/or to provide support to a Carer or care worker (including family members), to enable care and support to happen where required. The ICELS aims to: * enable and support people to live, age and die well. * provide the right solution, at the right time, in the right place, the first time.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Essex County Council on behalf of the Consortium invited tenders in November 2022 for provision of an integrated community equipment loan service for people of all ages and needs across Essex, providing such items as commodes, beds, shower chairs and hoists, as well as adaptations such as grab rails and chair raisers in line with the requirements set out in the Contract and Service Specification. This service will be for an initial 5-year term, with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years, with services commencing in July 2023. The community equipment service complements other Health and Social Care services, such as reablement and domiciliary care and support. The aim of all these services is to promote independence and enable people to gain, regain and maintain skills, as well as helping to prevent hospital admissions. This accords strongly with the Council's 'Everyone's Essex' ambition of promoting health, care, and wellbeing for all ages, as well as the Council's aims around levelling up. It does this by promoting independence and healthy lifestyles, levelling up health, supporting carers, improving outcomes for vulnerable adults and children, encouraging green growth (minimising waste and increasing recycling of equipment) and strengthening family resilience and stability. The non-exhaustive list of activities to deliver a core service are as set out below, and defined within the Contract and Service Specification: * Sourcing, purchasing and storage of equipment including management of stock; * Delivery, installation and fitting of equipment; * Approved Assessor assessment service for low-level items; * Collection of equipment from service users when no longer required; * Counter service for the collection and return of equipment, demonstration of equipment or clinical assessment; * Adaptations; * Maintenance and repair/refurbishment of equipment, including scheduled testing and servicing (e.g., LOLER, PAT, etc.); * Cleaning and decontamination of returned equipment; * Ceiling track hoist assessments, installations, repairs, replacement, maintenance and removal; * Moving or relocating equipment within or between someone's home(s) e.g. upstairs to downstairs or to a new property; * Reporting and management of any situations of concern or safeguarding; * Maintenance of accurate information and asset management records on stock, procurement, warranties, maintenance, cleaning etc providing suitable transparency to for the Consortium; * Facilitation of new product evaluation, demonstrations and clinical trials for the Consortium; * Assessment and reduction of non-recyclable and single use items over the life of the contract; * Engaging with stakeholders supporting the health and social care system in Essex. Notwithstanding the indicative contract value, the services the subject matter of this contract are demand-based services with no guarantee of equipment or activity volumes or inflation uplifts at any point during the term.

Options: The contract will be for an initial 5 year term commencing on 1 July 2023 with an option at the Council's sole discretion to extend for up to a further 2 years.

Renewal: Option to extend for up to a further two years

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-037de2
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009364-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£140,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
£140,000,000 £100M-£1B
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£140,000,000 £100M-£1B

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Mar 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
12 Dec 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
11 Nov 2022Expired
Award Date
22 Mar 20232 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
ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Barry Messenger
Contact Email
barry.messenger@essex.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 3330130223

Buyer Location

Locality
CHELMSFORD
Postcode
CM1 1QH
Post Town
Chelmsford
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH3 Essex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH36 Heart of Essex
Delivery Location
TLH3 Essex

Local Authority
Chelmsford
Electoral Ward
Moulsham and Central
Westminster Constituency
Chelmsford

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

MEDEQUIP ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY

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