Framework Contract for an Integrated Community Equipment Service for the London Borough of Redbridge and Participating Authorities

The London Borough of Redbridge (acting as the Lead Authority) on behalf of the London

Borough of Havering, Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Group, Barking and Dagenham

Clinical Commissioning Group, Havering Clinical Commissioning Group, Barking, Havering

and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and North East London NHS Foundations

Trust (together the “BHRICES Partners”) has procured a single provider framework contract for an Integrated Community Equipment Service for the London Borough of Redbridge and Participating

Authorities (“The Contract”)

The Contract will commence on 1st April 2022 and shall continue up to and including 31st

March 2029 (the “Contract Period”). Throughout the Contract Period any London Borough

listed in the directory of London Councils and their associated NHS bodies and / or Clinical

Commissioning Group may elect to join the Contract (a “New Participant”)

The main purpose of the Service required under the Contract is to obtain, deliver and install

the appropriate community equipment on loan to people living in the community enabling

them to undertake tasks they would otherwise be unable to do or to provide support to a

Carer to enable ongoing care in their home environment. Once the Service User has no

further use of the equipment the provider will be required to ensure the

equipment is returned or collected, cleaned and where possible, fully serviced and then reused.