Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Containment Product Service
Authority: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorth Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust wish to collaborate with a view to providing Cumbria and Lancashire with an integrated containment product provision from age 5 through to adulthood. The scope is to contract a Home Delivery Containment Product Service for service users in their homes, residential care homes, nursing homes and hospitals.
The Authorities therefore wish to implement a contract for the complete home delivery service of continence products to patients in their own homes, in residential homes and in nursing homes as well as the provision of a delivery service directly to wards/departments within Acute and Community Hospitals, as well as Mental Health Units.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Home delivery of incontinence products · Personal care products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£13,415,635
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality & Service: 60%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality & Service: 60% weighting on specification and table top evaluation
- Price: 30% weighting on specification.
- Social Value: 10% weighting on the specification
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 16 Mar 2026
- First published
- 31 Dec 2025, 14:01 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Jan 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
C410694- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000410- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fe94Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Feb 2026, 15:30 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Jan 2026, 15:30 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
31 Dec 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published301 days ago31 Dec 2025, 14:01 GMT
- Market engagement300 days ago31 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
As this is a collaborative project there was a delay whilst engagement with Trusts within the ICS was conducted. The tender will be published in the market for longer than 30 days to enable bidders to prepare.
- Tender notice published296 days ago5 Jan 2026, 15:46 GMT
- Next notice expected288 days ago12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published286 days ago15 Jan 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification questions by273 days ago28 Jan 2026, 15:30 GMT
- Submission deadline259 days ago11 Feb 2026, 15:30 GMT
- Award decision expected by225 days ago16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts180 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Dec 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published31 Dec 2025, 14:01 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published5 Jan 2026, 15:46 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active5 Jan 2026, 15:46 GMT
- Procurement method changed5 Jan 2026, 15:46 GMT
- Deadline published: 11 Feb 2026, 15:30 GMT5 Jan 2026, 15:46 GMT
- Tender notice published15 Jan 2026, 15:00 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £13,415,63515 Jan 2026, 15:00 GMTwas £18,781,889
Published amendments (1)
Term Change
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender