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title: "Croydon Equipment Service - Employee Mutual Partnership Opportunity"
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buyer: "CROYDON EQUIPMENT SERVICE - EMPLOYEE MUTUAL PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY"
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# Croydon Equipment Service - Employee Mutual Partnership Opportunity

Buyer: CROYDON EQUIPMENT SERVICE - EMPLOYEE MUTUAL PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-041d00

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## Summary

The Croydon Equipment Service is seeking a partner through a tender process for the Employee Mutual Partnership Opportunity. The initiative is led by the Croydon Council, which aims to establish a public service mutual to deliver community equipment and wheelchair services. The procurement process is currently in the tender stage and involves a competitive dialogue method. This procurement falls under the health and social work services category and is located in Croydon, UK. The framework agreement has a total estimated value of £244 million, with a term of 48 months for the framework and up to 120 months for the Partnering Agreement, including possible extensions. The services are expected to be accessible by any local authority or public body across the UK.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses involved in health, social work services, or business support services. Companies experienced in managing or delivering large-scale community service projects could thrive under this scheme. Furthermore, this opportunity allows the selected partner to collaborate in the spin-out of council services into a public service mutual, thus fostering innovation and expanding market reach. This framework agreement is particularly suitable for entities capable of providing high-quality community support services while also contributing strategically to the mutual's commercial operations. The potential shareholding in the mutual instead of direct payments offers businesses an investment stake, encouraging long-term partnership and shared success.

## Notice

Provision of community equipment services, and business services in support of a public sector mutual

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Council intends to "spin-out" the Council team which provides community equipment and wheelchair services (CES) to a public service mutual (Mutual).A Partner is sought in order to provide the following services:- CES, to be provided to residents of the Council, and in order to support the Council in delivering similar services under third party contracts (Services Limb)- business services in support of the Mutual's ongoing business plan and commercial operations (Partnering Limb)The Partner will also be a supplier under a single supplier framework, from which CES services can be called-off (Framework).The Partner is expected to work with the Mutual in order to discharge these obligations. The Council will not pay the Partner for these services but, instead, the Partner will receive shares in the Mutual should certain conditions be satisfied

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085107-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive dialogue |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Dec 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 9 Jan 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Nov 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £42,000,000 |
| Lots value | £42,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £42,000,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CROYDON EQUIPMENT SERVICE - EMPLOYEE MUTUAL PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY |
| Locality | CROYDON |
| Post town | Croydon |
| Postcode | CR0 1EA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South |
| ITL 3 | TLI62 Croydon |
| Local authority | Croydon |
| Electoral ward | Fairfield |
| Westminster constituency | Croydon West |
| Delivery location | TLI62 Croydon |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PROVIDE COMMUNITY INTEREST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 19 Dec 2025 at 16:31 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085107-2025
- 19 Dec 2025 at 16:31 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085106-2025
- 19 Dec 2025 at 16:30 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085104-2025
- 11 Nov 2024 at 10:25 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036367-2024
- 27 Nov 2023 at 13:37 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034939-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.croydon.gov.uk
- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/croydontenders

## Provenance

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