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# Community Equipment Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/community-equipment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c06b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The Community Equipment Service loans a variety of disability related equipment to children and adults across all 12 areas in Lancashire plus the two unitary authorities. The equipment helps people to maintain and maximise their independence, enable them and their carers to be safely supported and improve their quality of life.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Lancashire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/lancashire-county-council-ons-e10000017)
- **Published Value:** £90,625,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 February 2025 at 11:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services (primary), Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- **Delivery Location:** UKD4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c06b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/community-equipment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c06b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [lancashire.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lancashire.gov.uk%2Ffusion-supplier-portal%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/community-equipment-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c06b#participate

## Description
The Community Equipment Service loans a variety of disability related equipment to children and adults across all 12 areas in Lancashire plus the two unitary authorities. The equipment helps people to maintain and maximise their independence, enable them and their carers to be safely supported and improve their quality of life. The provision of equipment makes a significant contribution to promoting independence, facilitating hospital discharge and avoiding admission to hospital or care homes. 
LCC is procuring a single provider framework agreement between LCC and the service provider whereby partnership organisations* have the option to call-off the framework agreement. 
*Partnership Organisations include Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Integrated Care Board, Blackburn with Darwen Council and Blackpool Council.
See tender documents for full details.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 33000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009415-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-14T12:18:51.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-14T02:13:00.737Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c06b
- **Licence:** Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.