Official UK procurement notice
Wheelchair and Postural Services - North Yorkshire and York
Authority: NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), hereafter the Relevant Authority, is seeking to commission Wheelchair and Postural Services for North Yorkshire and York through a Competitive Process under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The preferred Provider will be required to demonstrate how they will deliver a clinically safe, high quality, dignified, cost effective service that puts the individual at the centre of their own care which supports and maintains their on-going health and wellbeing needs.
The service will be required to:
- Provide a timely, comprehensive holistic assessment of an individual's posture and mobility needs, taking into account medical condition, functional ability, social situation and environment;
- Provide posture, pressure relief and where appropriate, predictable changes in Wheelchair User needs;
- Provide a service that meets the Wheelchair Users wider health and wellbeing needs;
- Enhance and maintain the Wheelchairs Users quality of life;
- Support personalisation, independence and offer a Personal Wheelchair Budget where eligible and appropriate;
- Support an overall reduction in hospital admissions and/or length of stay; and
- Demonstrate Wheelchair Users (and carers) are central to the decision making in their wheelchair assessment and provision - evidenced through patient centred outcome measures.
CPV: Health services · Motorised wheelchairs · Parts and accessories for invalid carriages and wheelchairs · Parts and accessories for wheelchairs · Wheelchairs
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board {ICB), hereafter the Relevant…AwardedRenewalPublished value£15,250,000
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board {ICB), hereafter the Relevant Authority, is seeking to commission Wheelchair and Postural Services for North Yorkshire and York through a Competitive Process under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The preferred Provider will be required to demonstrate how they will deliver a clinically safe, high quality, dignified, cost effective service that puts the individual at the centre of their own care which supports and maintains their on-going health and wellbeing needs.
The service will be required to:
- Provide a timely, comprehensive holistic assessment of an individual's posture and mobility needs, taking into account medical condition, functional ability, social situation and environment;
- Provide posture, pressure relief and where appropriate, predictable changes in Wheelchair User needs;
- Provide a service that meets the Wheelchair Users wider health and wellbeing needs;
- Enhance and maintain the Wheelchairs Users quality of life;
- Support personalisation, independence and offer a Personal Wheelchair Budget where eligible and appropriate;
- Support an overall reduction in hospital admissions and/or length of stay; and
- Demonstrate Wheelchair Users (and carers) are central to the decision making in their wheelchair assessment and provision - evidenced through patient centred outcome measures.
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB is intending to award a contract under the Competitive Process of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
Approximate lifetime value of the contract is £14,347,572.40 - the value includes an optional extension of 24 months.
Contract term - 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2029 (contract term may be extended by 24 months) Additional information: Award criteria - Price should be taken to mean Provider Selection Regime 'Key Criteria - Value'
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 (7)
- Quality: 49%
- Innovation: 2%
- Improving Access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 8%
- Other Relevant Factors: 14%
- price: 10%
- Social Value: 10%
- Integration, collaboration and service sustainability: 7%
Published award criteria (7)
- Quality: 49
- Innovation: 2
- Integration, collaboration and service sustainability: 7
- Improving Access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 8
- Social Value: 10
- Other Relevant Factors: 14
- Price: 10
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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 · 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 May 2026, 12:52 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2026, 15:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Jun 2026 – …
- Authority reference
C445377- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079099- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06978cFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services(Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by Providers must be made to the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB (the Relevant Authority) by 23:59hrs 02 September 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime. Provider representations in relation to this intention to award notice should be submitted in writing to [email protected] The contract award was approved by NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board Board Members. No conflicts of interest have been declared in relation to the contract award. The criteria applied to this intention to award was: Basic Selection Criteria - Mandatory and Discretionary Grounds - Suitability to pursue activity - Economic and Financial Standing Key Criteria Quality - 49.0% Innovation - 2.0% Value - 10.0% Integration, collaboration and service sustainability - 7.0% Improving Access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice - 8.0% Social Value - 10.0% Other Relevant Factors - 14.0% NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB has conducted an assessment of the Providers against the stated Basic Selection Criteria, Key Criteria and Other Relevant Factors under a Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime. The preferred Provider intending to be awarded the contract achieved the highest aggregate score following assessment against the published award criteria.
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 18 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 18 Jun 2026, 13:15 BST
Timeline
18 Jun 2026 → 19 Aug 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline128 days ago18 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST
- Bids opened128 days ago18 Jun 2026, 13:15 BST
- Notice published66 days ago19 Aug 2026, 15:15 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete19 Aug 2026, 15:15 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blatchford LimitedSME | £14,347,572 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 079099-2026-1 · Blatchford LimitedSME
- Signed
- 19 Aug 2026
- Value
- £14,347,572
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement PanelReview body
- NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel LondonReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Blatchford LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria