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title: "Lincolnshire Community Equipment Services (LCES)"
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# Lincolnshire Community Equipment Services (LCES)

Buyer: LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0314e4

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028343-2022 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Jul 2022 |
| Future notice date | 22 May 2022 |
| Award date | 28 Sep 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £90,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £73,746,990 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | NHS LINCOLNSHIRE CCG; NHS LINCOLNSHIRE CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP |
| Locality | LINCOLN |
| Post town | Lincoln |
| Postcode | LN1 1YL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF3 Lincolnshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF30 Lincolnshire CC |
| Local authority | North Kesteven |
| Electoral ward | Sleaford Holdingham |
| Westminster constituency | Sleaford and North Hykeham |
| Delivery location | TLF3 Lincolnshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NRS HEALTHCARE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 50 - Repair and maintenance services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 33100000 - Medical equipments
- 50421000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment
- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 10 Oct 2022 at 06:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028343-2022
- 6 Jun 2022 at 15:50 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015548-2022
- 9 Feb 2022 at 08:36 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003657-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://lincolnshireccg.nhs.uk
- https://procontract.due-north.com
- https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk

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