Notice Information
Notice Title
Kent Community Equipment Services
Notice Description
A health and social care community equipment service for the people who reside within Kent. This contract will be a direct award from the Procurement Services Integrated Community Care Equipment and Associated Services Framework Y24008 Lot 1 ('the Framework'). This award ensures continuity of supply in the delivery of statutory services.
Lot Information
Lot 1
A health and social care community equipment service for the people who reside within Kent. This contract will be a direct award from the Procurement Services Integrated Community Care Equipment and Associated Services Framework Y24008 Lot 1. Notwithstanding that this Contract Notice states that Quality Criteria was the basis for the direct award to the Supplier, the Contract Authority has satisfied itself that the objective conditions for a direct award of a contract set out in Framework Y24008 Lot 1 have been met. The Contracting Authority has set out in the Quality Criteria the direct award conditions that it intends to rely upon. This award ensures continuity of supply in the delivery of statutory services.
Procurement Information
This contract will be a direct award from the Procurement Services Integrated Community Care Equipment and Associated Services Framework Y24008 Lot 1, established under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Notwithstanding that this Contract Notice states that Quality Criteria was the basis for the direct award to the Supplier, the Contract Authority has satisfied itself that the objective conditions for a direct award of a contract set out in Framework Y24008 Lot 1 have been met. The Contracting Authority has set out in the Quality Criteria the direct award conditions that it intends to rely upon. This award ensures continuity of supply in the delivery of statutory services.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-056b13
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045114-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £100,000,000 £100M-£1B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Jul 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Paul Stephen
- Contact Email
- paul.stephen@kent.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MAIDSTONE
- Postcode
- ME14 1XQ
- Post Town
- Rochester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ4 Kent
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ45 Mid Kent
- Delivery Location
- TLJ4 Kent
-
- Local Authority
- Maidstone
- Electoral Ward
- Penenden Heath
- Westminster Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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