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# Pre Market Engagement Notice for Independent Living Products and Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-notice-for-independent-living-products-and-services-ocds-h6vhtk-055f79). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: "Pre Market Engagement Notice for Independent Living Products and Services". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £500,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/mid-and-south-essex-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-raj)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £500,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Beds for medical use, Devices for the disabled, Devices for the elderly, Information technology services, Installation services of medical equipment (+7 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-notice-for-independent-living-products-and-services-ocds-h6vhtk-055f79#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055f79`

## 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/pre-market-engagement-notice-for-independent-living-products-and-services-ocds-h6vhtk-055f79#tl-md)

## Description
This procurement will be conducted under the open procedure as an open framework, the term of the first framework in this scheme will be 2 years with the option to extend by 12 months.
The scope of Independent Living is broken down into the following lots:
Lot 1 Equipment, including living room aids, mobility aids, bedroom and dressing aids, kitchen aids, bathroom aids and pressure and positioning aids. 
Lot 2 Community Loan Store Managed Services provides various types of equipment on loan to individuals who need assistance to live independently at home.
Lot 3 Aggregate lot, facilitates the provision to permit Participating Authorities to tailor bespoke products and service specification to accommodate their requirements and contractually commit in advance to purchasing a specified value and/or volume of their requirements.
Lot A Technology Enable Care – this lot is specifically for use by non-NHS organisations only. Lot A is for the use of technology to provide health and care services to people in their own homes to live independently and safely.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 33140000, 33192000, 33192100, 33192300, 33192600, 33196100
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 05/10/2025 to 05/10/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F039983-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-15T12:56:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:35:16.101Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-055f79