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title: "Integrated Community Equipment Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-056ac0"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2025-08-04"
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# Integrated Community Equipment Service

Buyer: OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-056ac0

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## Summary

Oxfordshire County Council has completed the procurement process for the Integrated Community Equipment Service, a vital programme designed to support hospital discharges and help vulnerable individuals maintain their independence. This contract involves other notable institutions, such as the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. The procurement falls under the direct award method due to extreme urgency, compliant with UK legal regulations. Situated within the region of Oxfordshire (UKJ14), the process reached the award stage on 31st July 2025, with the contract commencing on 18th August 2025 and concluding on 31st July 2028. The procurement primarily covers medical equipment and personal care products, with the total contract amount grossing £54 million GBP.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses within the medical equipment and healthcare provision sectors, particularly for those capable of supplying a wide range of community equipment. Large-scale suppliers like Millbrook Healthcare Ltd, the awarded supplier, exemplify the type of businesses suited for similar contracts. Given the urgency and the direct award process utilised, businesses equipped to quickly adapt and deliver essential services during unforeseen circumstances can particularly benefit from such tender opportunities, allowing them to establish a foothold in supplying critical public health services and potentially expand their reach within the public healthcare sector across the UK.

## Notice

The provision of Oxfordshire's Integrated Community Equipment Service (ICES) is a critical service for Oxfordshire County Council, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ICES covers the provision, delivery, collection and recycling of a wide range of community equipment. It supports hospital discharges, prevents and reduces hospital admissions and supports people who may be vulnerable to maintain their independence.

### Procurement Information

A contract is being awarded in accordance with section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 ("PA 2023") because of extreme and unavoidable urgency. Pursuant to the Care Act 2014, the Council has a statutory duty to provide the integrated community equipment and telecare services (the "Services"). The existing provider of integrated community equipment services have notified the Council that they will cease trading on the 31st July 2025 and therefore cease providing the Services to the Council and the Consortium. This was unforeseen and outside of the control of the Council. This means that it is necessary for the Council (on the behalf of the Consortium) to urgently award a replacement contract to secure continuity of critical statutory Services in Oxfordshire. This is an exceptional situation where extreme urgency has been brought about by events unforeseeable and not attributable by the Council, making it impossible for the Council to conduct a regulated competitive tendering process within prescribed time limits due to the requirement to secure continuity of critical statutory Services from 31st July 2025. The Council have considered all options and taken independent advice and have concluded that there is insufficient time and that it is impossible to run a competitive tendering procedure (even on an accelerated basis, or otherwise a call-off from a framework agreement) in time to ensure continuity of the Services with effect from 31st July 2025. ICES is a very complex service and the market is in a state of flux in response to the financial collapse of one of the leading suppliers. Three years will allow sufficient time for the unplanned transition and stabilisation of the service, commercial shaping of the wider equipment market, subsequent competitive tendering and mobilisation of longer term ICES contract. A shorter contract would put increased risk on stakeholders and suppliers at a time when they are focussing on establishing, stabilising, and recovering multiple services. There would be significant commercial implications for taxpayers and the public purse, such as capital funding demands and significantly higher overhead / margin recovery from suppliers who need to recoup set up costs on a much shorter timescale.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045796-2025 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Aug 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Jul 2025 |
| Contract period | 17 Aug 2025 - 31 Jul 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £45,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Locality | OXFORD |
| Post town | Oxford |
| Postcode | OX1 1ND |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC |
| Local authority | Oxford |
| Electoral ward | Headington Hill & Northway |
| Westminster constituency | Oxford East |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

### Codes

- 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

## Release History

- 4 Aug 2025 at 15:52 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045796-2025
- 31 Jul 2025 at 17:54 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044975-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045796-2025
  4th August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044975-2025
  31st July 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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