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Published 23 May 2023, 10:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Integrated Community Equipment (ICE) Service

Official notice

Authority: Warwickshire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£70,000,000≈ £7.0m / year
Submissions closed 14 Jul 2023awarded 20 Dec 2023
Awarded to Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd
Contract term 10 yrsends 31 Aug 2034 · starts 1 Sept 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Warwickshire County Council (the Council) with Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) has commissioned a single provider for an Integrated Community Equipment service.

To provide a community equipment loan service across Warwickshire for adults, children and young service user in community settings, care settings and education settings on behalf of commissioning partners who have statutory requirement duties under various legislation to provide community equipment for service user with an assessed eligible social or health care

need.

The Commissioners of this service place great emphasis on the equipment provider maximising digital capability and ensuring that their IT capability is responsive to technological develops and will be able to be responsive to changes required as a result of

service changes.

  • How the procedure runs: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/contents/made

CPV: Homedelivery of provisions · Other community, social and personal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This is an open procedure to commission a single provider 10 yrsPublished value£70,000,000

This is an open procedure to commission a single provider

the provision of Integrated Community Equipment.

During the course of the contract period the range and scope of these services may be subject to modification and variation to meet the changing needs and requirements of the Council, potential changes in legislation and the changing demands placed on the Council by its customers. Additional information: The initial contract term will be for 5 years however the Council reserves the right to extend the contract by further periods not exceeding 60 months (60 being the maximum available

extension period) at the discretion of the Council based on the contract performance of the successful applicant and available funding

Contract period: 1 Sept 2024 – 31 Aug 2034 (10 yrs)
Delivery: West Midlands · Within the county boundaries of Warwickshire and the city boundaries of Coventry

What it takes to win
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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 more
Shortlisting
As detailed in the tender documentation. The Council will undertake its financial assessment of the tendering organisation (and if considered necessary by the Council, any partners within a consortium bid) based on its own evaluation of the tenderers' most recent 2 years accounts (or if 2 years accounts are not available, equivalent evidence which confirms financial viability). The accounts are not available, equivalent evidence which confirms financial viability). The assessment of accounts will be supported by an independent credit reference report from Credit safe where this is available. The Council may also impose a bond or performance guarantee on the successful tenderer. Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Evidence as stated in the tender documentation

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 May 2023, 10:17 BST
Last source update
20 Dec 2023, 14:26 GMT
Authority reference
15443
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-037494
Classification (CPV)
Homedelivery of provisionsOther community, social and personal services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG13)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ce86 Find a Tender
How it runs
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As stated in the procurement documents

Publisher note: Warwickshire County Council will be using its e-tendering system (CSW-JETS) for the administration of this procurement process. Providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest and download documents. The web address for CSW-JETS is: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/csw-jets/aspx/Home Registration and use of CSW-JETS is free. All correspondence or clarifications relating to this procurement must be via the CSW-JETS correspondence function. If you are having trouble registering with CSW-JETS please email us at: [email protected]. Providers must register on CSW-JETS and express an interest in this project in order to download tender documents and be able to correspond with us about this procurement.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
14 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Jul 2023 → 1 Sept 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    20 Dec 2023, 14:26 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    20 Dec 2023, 14:26 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £70,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Dec 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd£70,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Warwickshire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Shire Hall,Market Square, WARWICK, West Midlands, CV344RLContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care BoardContracting authority Warwick, West MidlandsContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court for England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.