Community Equipment Service

As part of this process Somerset County Council and Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group would like to hear views from a range of market providers about the future options and is inviting organisations to feedback on the following: Somerset has declared a Climate Emergency. Climate emergency (somerset.gov.uk). In response we have set an ambitious target of being a carbon neutral county by 2030 and intend to commission the Community Equipment and Wheelchair service in line with this ambition. To help develop our thinking and planning for the new service we would appreciate it if you could complete the following questionnaire by Tuesday 17th August via the message section of this opportunity. Responses will be treated as confidential and all information provided will be used to inform and shape future options to help us recommission the service. 1. Does your organisation currently have a sustainability policy that defines your commitment towards ethical, environmentally-friendly and carbon reduction practices? If so please highlight the key areas this covers 2. Decarbonising transport is a vital element in meeting our ambitious climate change targets of being carbon neutral by 2030 and we aim to achieve this well in advance of the 2030 target. What do you see as the implications of achieving this within the CEWS Contract? 3. The optimal approach would be eliminating carbon production across all elements of the service, substituting, reducing or compensating where this is not possible. Where do you feel the biggest opportunities and biggest challenges are for this contract? Thank you.