Framework for beds, mattresses and wheelchairs both services and products, continence home delivery services plus managed services for all lots.

CPV: Beds for medical use · Chassis for invalid carriages · Control devices for invalid carriages · Hospital and related services · Hospital beds · Incontinence kit · Invalid carriages · Invalid carriages and wheelchairs · Lifting and handling equipment and parts · Lifting equipment for health care sector · Mattress supports · Mattresses · +18 more

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Goods

Notice status

Awarded without competition

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

Direct award (no call for competition)

GPA / WTO covered

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

5 Sept 2025, 07:19 BST

Last source update

5 Sept 2025, 07:19 BST

Authority reference

SBS10015

FTS notice number

2025/S 000-054099

Classification (CPV)

Beds for medical useChassis for invalid carriagesControl devices for invalid carriagesHospital and related servicesHospital bedsIncontinence kitInvalid carriagesInvalid carriages and wheelchairsLifting and handling equipment and partsLifting equipment for health care sector

+20 more

Mattress supportsMattresses

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-059490 Find a Tender

Why no open competition

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Published justification

This voluntary ex ante transparency notice is being published as an alternative to an F20 Modification Notice due to issues with linking a Modification Notice to previously published Contract Award Notice on the Find a Tender Service.

Publisher note: This voluntary ex ante transparency notice is being published as an alternative to an F20 Modification Notice due to issues with linking a Modification Notice to previously published Contract Award Notice on the Find a Tender Service. The Contract Award Notice is published here: www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032107-2021 Information about modifications Description of the modifications Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract): The modification is a 12 month extension on existing terms, bringing the end date to 31st of December 2026. Reasons for modification Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee. Description of the circumstances which rendered the modification necessary and explanation of the unforeseen nature of these circumstances: NHS SBS is an accredited framework host under the NHSE accreditation programme. Further details can be found at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/system-guidance-for-the-implementation-offramework-host-management/ All accredited framework hosts are now required to incorporate additional governance measures, including the Cabinet Office Spend Control protocols. The introduction, requirements and timelines involved in these new governance steps were unforeseen circumstances that NHS SBS could not have reasonably anticipated and managed accordingly in line with the renewal date. Increase in price Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation) Value excluding VAT: £240,000,000 Total contract value after the modifications Value excluding VAT: £240,000,000

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

• Please see the link in Section VI Complementary Information to the Contract Award NoticeFramework contractor Please see the link in Section VI Complementary Information to the Contract Award Notice, UK

No document links were published on the notice.