Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Community Equipment
Authority: London Borough of Harrow (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA contract was awarded to Provide Care Solutions Limited for the Provision of community equipment to support independence, hospital discharge, and care at home for adults and children. Includes supply, maintenance, and collection of items
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Sept 2025, 15:41 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Sept 2025, 15:31 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060254- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059e58Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
The Council has a statutory duty to provide the integrated community equipment and service pursuant to the Care Act 2014. The existing provider has notified the Council that they will cease trading from 15 September 2025 and therefore cease providing these services to the Council. Due to the short notice provided by the incumbent provider it is impossible to commission a new contract within the relevant timescales and ensure continuity of service. It was necessary for the Council to urgently award a replacement contract to secure continuity of these critical statutory services in the London Borough of Harrow. The Council considered all options and concluded that due to this extreme urgency a directly awarded contract under Section 41 and Sections 13 and 14 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 to Provide Care Solutions Limited should be made.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Sept 2025- Transparency notice published19 Sept 2025, 15:41 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published19 Sept 2025, 15:48 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published26 Sept 2025, 15:31 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provide Care Solutions LtdSMECommunity Equipment Services22 Sept 2025 – 21 Sept 2027 · up to 21 Sept 2028Extensions: There is an option to extend for one year | £8,700,000 | 19 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Provide Care Solutions LtdSME
- Signed
- 22 Sept 2025
- Value
- £8,700,000
- Period
- 22 Sept 2025 – 21 Sept 2027 · up to 21 Sept 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is an option to extend for 1 one year
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender