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Integrated Community Equipment Services

London Borough of Camden

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

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19 Oct 2026 at 15:44

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

22 Sep 2025 at 14:56

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

18 Sep 2025 at 23:37

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Camden commissioned integrated community equipment services to help adults and children live independently, return home from hospital and receive care at home. The service covers supplying equipment, maintaining it and collecting it when no longer needed. Delivery is in Camden, London. This is a health and social care service rather than a purchase of equipment alone: suppliers need to provide the supporting service across the equipment’s use and return. The requirement brings together equipment provision and operational support for people with differing care needs, serving both adult and children’s services.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Provide Care Solutions Limited. Camden made a direct award, citing the incumbent’s impending liquidation, the urgency of maintaining a critical statutory service and insufficient time to run a new competition. The award was dated 17 September 2025 and the contract was signed on 22 September 2025. Its value is £10,327,560 excluding VAT (£12,393,070 including VAT). The contract runs from 22 September 2025 to 21 September 2027, with a possible further 12 months subject to satisfactory performance. The stated rationale for that extension is to allow time to plan future commissioning in a very restricted market. The procurement was not divided into separate service lots.

This award shows that Camden needs a provider able to sustain community equipment services across adult and children’s care, supporting independence, hospital discharge and care at home. A credible future competitor would need the capacity to supply equipment and manage its maintenance and collection as part of a joined-up service, rather than offering products alone. The requirement also demonstrates the importance of reliable continuity: the Council used an urgent direct award when its existing provider faced liquidation and there was too little time to commission a replacement competitively. Suppliers with experience delivering this kind of integrated service and the operational resilience to maintain provision through a provider transition would be well placed when Camden next commissions the requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Integrated Community Equipment Services

Notice Description

Provision of community equipment to support independence, hospital discharge, and care at home for adults and children. Includes supply, maintenance, and collection of items.

Procurement Information

The Council has a statutory duty to provide the integrated community equipment service pursuant to the Care Act 2014. The existing provider notified the Council that they were being placed into liquidation and would cease trading on 15 September 2025 and therefore cease providing these services to the Council. Due to the short notice provided by the incumbent provider it was impossible to commission a new contract within the relevant timescales and ensure continuity of service. It was necessary for the Council to urgently award a replacement contract to secure continuity of these critical statutory services in Camden. The Council considered all options and have concluded that due to this extreme urgency a directly awarded contract under Section 41 and paragraphs 13 and 14 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 to Provide Care Solutions Limited should be made.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-059db6
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098614-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

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
£10,327,560 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
£10,327,560 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
17 Sep 20251 years ago
Contract Period
22 Sep 2025 - 21 Sep 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
London Borough of Camden
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
WC1H 9JE
Postcode Area
Central London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
King's Cross
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

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