Official UK procurement notice
Cumbria Equipment Retailers Service - Supply of Care Equipment for Daily Living (Simple Aids by Prescription) Framework
Authority: Cumbria County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe aims of the Cumbria Equipment Retailers service will be to support NHS and CCC service users and people who fund their own equipment, to live independently and safely in their own homes. It also aims to support carers who are looking after people wishing to remain in their own homes.
The service was set up to enable service users/users to exercise choice and control over the equipment they receive by providing a variety of local Retailers showcasing a range of equipment. It also enables timely service user discharge from hospital by supporting service users to return to their own homes.
This service is committed to ensuring there are sufficient Retailers who are able to offer robust and effective independent advice about the range of equipment available, how to fit and use it safely and effectively and to deal with any safety concerns.
The service operates on the basis of a Retail Model that was initially a Department of Health led initiative which used a national specification and tariff price list. Cumbria introduced the Retail Model in October 2010. The Contract was renewed in 2017 and is due to end in March 2022.
Under this Model, Customers are prescribed Care Equipment by Practitioners. Customers then redeem these prescriptions at the Retailers’ premises which is closest to their geographical location. This gives customers the opportunity to view the equipment, seek advice from the Retailer and top up their prescription with other equipment if they choose to. Practitioners are also able to prescribe delivery and fit.
CPV: Health and social work services · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 17 suppliers · 5 bids received (0.3 per place) · 5 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,600,000
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: 80
- Price: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Cumbria Equipment Retailers Service - Supply of Care Equipment for…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 17 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Mar 2022, 09:10 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Apr 2023, 09:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Mar 2022 – …
- Authority reference
DN599355- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-009741- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031ba0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 30 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Mar 2022, 13:00 BST
Timeline
28 Mar 2022 → 4 Apr 2023 · 3 dates- Bids opened28 Mar 2022, 13:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown30 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published4 Apr 2023, 09:45 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Mar 2022- Deadline moved to 30 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST2 Mar 2022, 09:10 GMT+2 days · was 28 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
- Status changed to complete4 Apr 2023, 09:45 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextDuration in months · II.2.7 | Duration is 48 months | Duration is 24 months | |
| — | DeadlineDate · IV.2.2 | 28 Mar 2022 | 30 Mar 2022 | +2 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Cumbria Equipment Retailers Service - Supply of Care Equipment for Daily Living (Simple Aids by Prescription) Framework
- Signed
- 12 May 2022
- Value
- £26,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Her Majesty's Court ServiceReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- Age UK West CumbriaFramework contractor
- Alston Pharmacy LtdFramework contractor
- Cumbria mobility LtdFramework contractor
- Joseph Cowper ltdFramework contractor
- Robson Medical & MobilityFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.