Official UK procurement notice
Community Equipment Adult & Child Seating
Authority: Wigan Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract providing seating solutions providing a wide range of equipment relating to assessment and equipment provision of children's and adults seating. To support prescribers issuing equipment facilitating Hospital Discharge, avoid Hospital admittance and allow Residents to live independently within their own homes. The Contract is aimed to reduce cost by appointing one sole provider for the services detailed within the contract.
CPV: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£480,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the tender documentation publish on the Chest Procurement Portal
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the tender documentation publish on the Chest Procurement Portal
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Quality and Social Value - questions provided in the tender documentation published on the Chest Procurement Portal
- Price: Pricing Schedule within the tender documentation publish on the Chest Procurement Portal
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the tender documentation publish on the Chest Procurement Portal
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the tender documentation publish on the Chest Procurement Portal
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Oct 2025, 11:28 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 May 2026, 12:32 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
PA060- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084940- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d409Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
As per the contract terms and conditions published on the Chest Procurement Portal within the tender documentation
- Risks
As per the contract terms and conditions and the ITT document published on the Chest Procurement Portal within the tender documentation
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Jan 2026
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Jan 2026
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 Oct 2025 → 12 May 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published359 days ago27 Oct 2025, 11:28 GMT
- Market engagement344 days ago10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire sent out via The Chest procurement portal (www.the-chest.org.uk ↗)
The deadline for Questionnaire submissions is Monday 10th November 2025 at 12 noon.
- Next notice expected309 days ago15 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published306 days ago19 Dec 2025, 13:57 GMT
- Clarification questions by271 days ago23 Jan 2026
- Submission deadline264 days ago30 Jan 2026
- Award decision expected by215 days ago19 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent205 days ago30 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends193 days ago10 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts184 days ago20 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published162 days ago12 May 2026, 12:32 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Oct 2025, 11:28 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published19 Dec 2025, 13:57 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £480,00019 Dec 2025, 13:57 GMTwas £600,000
- Status changed to active19 Dec 2025, 13:57 GMT
- Procurement method changed19 Dec 2025, 13:57 GMT
- Deadline published: 30 Jan 202619 Dec 2025, 13:57 GMT
- Contract award notice published30 Mar 2026, 12:08 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete30 Mar 2026, 12:08 BST
- Contract signature expected17 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published12 May 2026, 12:32 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 27 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLC care T/A Healthcare MattersSMEPA060 Community Equipment Adult & Child Seating20 Apr 2026 – 19 Apr 2029 · up to 19 Apr 2030Extensions: 1 x 12 month extension available | £480,000 | 30 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Community Equipment Adult & Child Seating · SLC care T/A Healthcare MattersSME
- Signed
- 30 Apr 2026
- Value
- £480,000
- Period
- 30 Apr 2026 – 29 Apr 2029 · up to 29 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 x 12 month extensions
12 agreed KPIs: Deliveries of List A items delivered on Delivery Date · Urgent orders delivered within 24 hours · Deliveries of List B items delivered within 5 to 10 Working Days of Delivery Date …
- Deliveries of List A items delivered on Delivery Date
- Urgent orders delivered within 24 hours
- Deliveries of List B items delivered within 5 to 10 Working Days of Delivery Date
- Delivery free from damage or faults
- Equipment returns collected within 3 Working Days from Authority request
- Assessments conducted within 10 Working Days of Order or within 24 hours if urgent
- Assessment report provided to the Authority prior to the issue of quotation
- Quotations issued within 2 Working Days of assessment completion
- Assessment followed up by visit to the Authority's Premises (equipment store) by the Supplier to utilise recycled equipment prior to the issue of quotation
- Repairs and maintenance requests carried out in 5 Working Days or less
- Average survey score of customer satisfaction ≥ 4 out of 5 (1 being extremely dissatisfied, 2 being dissatisfied, 3 being neither satisfied or dissatisfied, 4 being satisfied and 5 being extremely satisfied)
- Complaint resolved within 5 Working Days
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- SLC CARE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- SLC Care LTD T/A Healthcare Matters Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender