Integrated Community Equipment Service Buckinghamshire

Tender description

Lot 1: Buckinghamshire County Council, in partnership with NHS organisations in Buckinghamshire, is looking to establish a more singular Integrated Community Equipment Service. The service will consist of the procurement, storage, supply, distribution, repair, collection, recycling, maintenance and refurbishment of a range of community equipment. This will be for simple aids to daily living, complex aids to daily living, sensory aids, Environmental Control Solutions and Telecare/Telehealth (including associated services). There will be an option to widen the contract scope to include long term wheelchairs and continence products subject to proven cost effectiveness. The intention is to include this after the first year of the contract. Recognising the changing requirements in health and social care, the commissioners are seeking to purchase services more innovatively through a single point of contact provider who has experience and expertise across the service range. The commissioners recognise that, whilst some providers may be able to provide the whole range of services being considered, some providers may wish to work in partnership with other organisations.