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Wheelchair and Postural Services - North Yorkshire and York

NHS HUMBER & NORTH YORKSHIRE ICB

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

19 Aug 2026 at 15:15

Award Notice
Tender

13 May 2026 at 12:52

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board commissioned wheelchair and postural services for people in North Yorkshire and York. The service covers comprehensive, timely assessments of posture and mobility needs, considering medical conditions, functional ability, social circumstances and home environment. It includes wheelchair provision, posture and pressure-relief support, anticipated changes in users’ needs, personalisation and Personal Wheelchair Budgets where suitable. The provider is expected to support users’ wider health and wellbeing, improve quality of life and independence, and help reduce hospital admissions or length of stay. Users and carers must be central to assessment and provision decisions, with patient-centred outcomes used to demonstrate results. This is a clinical health service requirement involving wheelchairs, including motorised models, parts and accessories.

The process has reached award stage: Blatchford Limited was selected as the preferred provider and the contract was signed on 19 August 2026. The award followed a competitive process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, rather than the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract covers 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2029, with an option to extend by up to 24 months. Its awarded value is £14,347,572.40. The procurement used one lot and an open procedure, with electronic submission and English-language bids. Evaluation weighted quality at 49%, other relevant factors at 14%, improving access and reducing health inequalities at 8%, integration and sustainability at 7%, social value at 10%, innovation at 2%, and value at 10%. Representations concerning the intention to award were due by 23:59 on 2 September 2026.

This award indicates sustained NHS demand for an integrated wheelchair and postural service serving a defined population across North Yorkshire and York. Suppliers well placed for a future requirement would need clinical expertise in posture, mobility, pressure relief and wheelchair assessment, including complex and changing needs. Credible delivery would require the ability to provide suitable manual and motorised wheelchairs, parts and accessories, alongside responsive review, maintenance or adaptation arrangements. Strong evidence of person-centred practice would be important: involving users and carers in decisions, supporting independence and personal budgets, and measuring outcomes. Providers would also need to demonstrate safe, dignified, high-quality and cost-effective care, collaboration with health and care partners, improved access, reduced inequalities, innovation and social value.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Wheelchair and Postural Services - North Yorkshire and York

Notice Description

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), hereafter the Relevant Authority, is seeking to commission Wheelchair and Postural Services for North Yorkshire and York through a Competitive Process under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The preferred Provider will be required to demonstrate how they will deliver a clinically safe, high quality, dignified, cost effective service that puts the individual at the centre of their own care which supports and maintains their on-going health and wellbeing needs. The service will be required to: * Provide a timely, comprehensive holistic assessment of an individual's posture and mobility needs, taking into account medical condition, functional ability, social situation and environment; * Provide posture, pressure relief and where appropriate, predictable changes in Wheelchair User needs; * Provide a service that meets the Wheelchair Users wider health and wellbeing needs; * Enhance and maintain the Wheelchairs Users quality of life; * Support personalisation, independence and offer a Personal Wheelchair Budget where eligible and appropriate; * Support an overall reduction in hospital admissions and/or length of stay; and * Demonstrate Wheelchair Users (and carers) are central to the decision making in their wheelchair assessment and provision - evidenced through patient centred outcome measures.

Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board {ICB), hereafter the Relevant Authority, is seeking to commission Wheelchair and Postural Services for North Yorkshire and York through a Competitive Process under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The preferred Provider will be required to demonstrate how they will deliver a clinically safe, high quality, dignified, cost effective service that puts the individual at the centre of their own care which supports and maintains their on-going health and wellbeing needs. The service will be required to: * Provide a timely, comprehensive holistic assessment of an individual's posture and mobility needs, taking into account medical condition, functional ability, social situation and environment; * Provide posture, pressure relief and where appropriate, predictable changes in Wheelchair User needs; * Provide a service that meets the Wheelchair Users wider health and wellbeing needs; * Enhance and maintain the Wheelchairs Users quality of life; * Support personalisation, independence and offer a Personal Wheelchair Budget where eligible and appropriate; * Support an overall reduction in hospital admissions and/or length of stay; and * Demonstrate Wheelchair Users (and carers) are central to the decision making in their wheelchair assessment and provision - evidenced through patient centred outcome measures. NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB is intending to award a contract under the Competitive Process of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS14,347,572.40 - the value includes an optional extension of 24 months. Contract term - 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2029 (contract term may be extended by 24 months) Additional information: Award criteria - Price should be taken to mean Provider Selection Regime 'Key Criteria - Value'

Options: Contract term may be extended by 24 months.

Renewal: Contract period is 36 months with the option to extend by up to 24 months. The estimated value (II.2.6) value excluding VAT - is based on a total period of 60 months, should the option to extend be exercised

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06978c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079099-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

33193120 - Wheelchairs

33193121 - Motorised wheelchairs

33193200 - Parts and accessories for invalid carriages and wheelchairs

33193220 - Parts and accessories for wheelchairs

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£15,250,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£15,250,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£14,347,572 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Aug 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
18 Jun 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
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
NHS HUMBER & NORTH YORKSHIRE ICB
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
Postcode
HU10 6DT
Postcode Area
Hull
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE1 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE12 East Riding of Yorkshire
Delivery Location
TLE21 York, TLE22 North Yorkshire
Local Authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
Electoral Ward
Willerby and Kirk Ella
Westminster Constituency
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Blatchford Limited

Further Information

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