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title: "Derby Integrated Community Equipment Service (DICES) - Market Engagement"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/derby-integrated-community-equipment-service-dices-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04cc5d"
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# Derby Integrated Community Equipment Service (DICES) - Market Engagement
Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/derby-integrated-community-equipment-service-dices-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04cc5d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.
> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board: "Derby Integrated Community Equipment Service (DICES) - Market Engagement". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £12,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-derby-derbyshire-integrated-care-board-nhs-qj2)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £12,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04cc5d`
## 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/derby-integrated-community-equipment-service-dices-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04cc5d#tl-md)
## Description
NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers who can deliver an Integrated Community Equipment Service to the patient population of Derby to participate in a market engagement exercise which will include a virtual market engagement event and a request for providers to complete and submit a market engagement questionnaire, via the Atamis e-tendering portal.
The market engagement event will be held virtually on Monday 20th January 2025 (11:00-12:00).
Providers wishing to attend the virtual market engagement event will need to submit a request via the Atamis e-tendering portal. Further instructions in relation to accessing the Atamis e-tendering portal can be found later in this notice.
The deadline for registration to attend the event and submitting a completed market engagement questionnaire is 17:00 on Wednesday 15th January 2025.
Please note this is a market testing exercise and does not commit the ICB to carry out any further procurement process.
Any and all information/documents included in this notice, or that are made available as part of this engagement exercise, are draft and subject to change. All timeframes are indicative and also subject to change.
## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Description:** Derby Integrated Community Equipment Service (DICES) provides a range of equipment on loan to people of all ages ordinarily resident in the city of Derby, following assessment and prescription by a recognised prescriber.
The service being co...
## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F041286-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-20T16:29:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:28:54.106Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04cc5d