Scope
Reference
C357208
Description
Derby Integrated Community Equipment Service (DICES) provides a range of equipment on loan to people of all ages ordinarily resident in the city of Derby, following assessment and prescription by a recognised prescriber.
The service being commissioned relates to the logistics of supplying, collecting and maintaining the equipment. Clinical input to the service is provided through the pool of recognised prescribers, a clinical commissioning function provided by DDICB, and a multi-agency Equipment Review Group. The provider will work within this framework, ensuring that the agreed clinical governance arrangements, both for individual items of equipment and strategic decisions about the equipment to be provided/policies and procedures for equipment provision, are followed appropriately.
As a result of this above threshold Open procedure process, a Contract will be awarded to the successful Provider for a period of 3 years (1st May 2026 to 30th April 2029), with the Commissioner having the option to extend the contract for up to a further 24 months to the 30th April 2031.
This notice is a Contract Award Notice published as per the requirement of section 50(1) of the Procurement Act 2023. The standstill period will end will end at Midnight on 29 January 2026.
Contract 1. Derby Integrated Community Equipment Services (DICES)
Supplier
Contract value
- £12,638,939.70 excluding VAT
- £15,166,727.64 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
13 January 2026
Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers
19 January 2026
Standstill period
- End: 28 January 2026
- 8 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
20 March 2026
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2029
- Possible extension to 30 April 2031
- 5 years
Description of possible extension:
N/A
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 75200000 - Provision of services to the community
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
- 33196200 - Devices for the disabled
- 33190000 - Miscellaneous medical devices and products
- 33100000 - Medical equipments
- 33196100 - Devices for the elderly
- 35820000 - Support equipment
Contract locations
- UKF11 - Derby
Information about tenders
- 1 tender received
- 1 tender assessed in the final stage:
- 0 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
- 1 supplier awarded contracts
- 0 suppliers unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Supplier
Medequip Assistive Technology Limited
- Companies House: 04198824
Unit 2 Summit Centre
West Drayton
UB7 0LJ
United Kingdom
Email: bd@medequip-uk.com
Website: https://www.medequip-uk.com/
Region: UKI74 - Harrow and Hillingdon
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Connected people/organisations:
Name: Siddall Group Limited
Organisation Type: Parent or subsidiary company
Contract 1. Derby Integrated Community Equipment Services (DICES)
Contracting authority
NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PXJD-6284-VTGG
The Council House, First Floor, Corporation Street
Derby
DE1 2FS
United Kingdom
Email: richard.ward11@nhs.net
Website: https://www.joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/derbyshire-integrated-care-board/
Region: UKF11 - Derby
Organisation type: Public authority - central government
Other organisation
These organisations are carrying out the procurement, or part of it, on behalf of the contracting authorities.
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
Summary of their role in this procurement: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) is acting as an agent for and on behalf of Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board and is supporting the procurement process.
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLVR-6647-BVMM
Cardinal Square, 10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
United Kingdom
Email: richard.ward11@nhs.net
Website: https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/
Region: UKF11 - Derby