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title: "Integrated Community Equipment Loans Service (ICELS)"
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# Integrated Community Equipment Loans Service (ICELS)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/integrated-community-equipment-loans-service-icels-ocds-h6vhtk-030b2f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Nottinghamshire County Council: "Integrated Community Equipment Loans Service (ICELS)". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £100,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.eastmidstenders.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Nottinghamshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nottinghamshire-county-council-ons-e10000024)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £100,000,000 (GBP; published on the single lot)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 February 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030b2f`

## 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/integrated-community-equipment-loans-service-icels-ocds-h6vhtk-030b2f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [eastmidstenders.org](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastmidstenders.org)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/integrated-community-equipment-loans-service-icels-ocds-h6vhtk-030b2f#participate

## Description
Nottinghamshire County Council on behalf of the Nottinghamshire ICELS Partnership is
seeking a suitably experienced single Provider to deliver the Integrated Community
Equipment Loans Service (ICELS) across the County of Nottinghamshire (including
Nottingham City) using a Framework Agreement.
The Framework will replace a contract which is expiring and will be available for use by the
following Commissioners who make up the Partnership:
• Nottinghamshire County Council
• Nottingham City Council
• NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
ICELS is the mechanism by which Community Equipment is ordered, loaned, delivered
collected and maintained across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County. The ICELS
provides maintenance and safety checks in line with national guidance and makes provision
for facilities to demonstrate equipment. The service also provides minor adaptations work.
The aim of the ICELS is to enable clients and/or their carers to access a range of equipment
and minor adaptations according to assessed need. A fundamental principle of the service is
to promote and enable individuals to continue living independently and in their own homes.
Services purchased under this framework will be for Adults and/or Children in home,
educational or other settings.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Estimated Value:** £100,000,000
- **Description:** This was a competitive procurement using a competitive procedure with negotiation style
process conducted in accordance with the light touch regime of the Public Procurement
2015 Regulations.
Bidders MUST have demonstrable experience of delivering se...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 011004-2023-DN562814-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **British Red Cross**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-153489`
  - Value: £100,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 011004-2023-DN562814-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £100,000,000
  - Signed Date: 22/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011004-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-04-17T15:15:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T21:43:19.774Z
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