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Community Equipment Services

Buyer: Lancashire County Council →

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BuyerLancashire County Council
StatusClosed
Deadline17 Jul 2026
Value£83,947,965
Published19 Jun 2026

What is being bought

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 Supplier. The following entities may enter into a Call-off Contract independently or jointly with another entity with the Supplier via the Framework Agreement: • Lancashire County Council • Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Integrated Care Board • Blackburn with Darwen Council The term of the Light Touch Framework Agreement will be four (4) years. The anticipated Commencement Date is 14 December 2026. Each call-off contract will have a maximum duration of up to five (5) years, which may comprise an initial term and extensions, provided that the total call-off contract term does not exceed five years. The anticipated annual value of the Framework Agreement is approximately £15,811,983 excluding VAT. The anticipated value of the Framework Agreement over five years is approximately £83,947,965 excluding VAT, and £100,737,558 including VAT. Please see the tender documents for details.

Delivery location

UKD4, GB

Categories

Medical equipments 33100000Health and social work services 85000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£83,947,965
Contract periodFrom 14 Dec 2026 to 13 Dec 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality (50%)
Social Value (10%)
Price (40%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Medical equipments, Health and social work servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 33. The category anchor is Medical equipments (33100000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 332,0072 median · 94.8 average (715 of 2,007 with a bid count)6.2 average (831 of 2,007 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD44106 median · 106 average (1 of 4 with a bid count)8 average (1 of 4 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)8594 median · 136.3 average (3 of 85 with a bid count)28.7 average (3 of 85 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-067a92
Latest release ID058253-2026
Latest release timestampFri Jun 19 2026 15:41:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/058253-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-07-17T11:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-07-10T11:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-09-07T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://www.lancashire.gov.uk/iSupplier/
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£83,947,965
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
19 Jun 2026tenderUpdate058253-2026
10 Jun 2026tender054596-2026
26 May 2026planning049056-2026
14 May 2026planning044668-2026
1 Apr 2026planningUpdate030532-2026
1 Apr 2026planning030279-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (6 releases)
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10 Jun 2026 · 054596-2026 · tender
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26 May 2026 · 049056-2026 · planning
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14 May 2026 · 044668-2026 · planning
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1 Apr 2026 · 030532-2026 · planningUpdate
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1 Apr 2026 · 030279-2026 · planning
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