Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Lincolnshire County Council
County Offices, Newland
Lincoln
LN1 1YL
Contact
Mrs Marie Kaempfe-Rice
marie.kaempfe-rice@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1522554087
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF3 - Lincolnshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk
Buyer's address
https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Sleaford
marie.kaempfe-rice@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF3 - Lincolnshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://lincolnshireccg.nhs.uk
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Health and Social Care
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Lincolnshire Community Equipment Services (LCES)
Reference number
DN596299
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Lincolnshire Community Equipment Service (LCES) is an equipment loan service which is required to help meet the Health and Social Care needs of people of all ages, including children, who have long term conditions and disabilities.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £73,746,990
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 33100000 - Medical equipments
- 50421000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF3 - Lincolnshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Lincolnshire Community Equipment Service (LCES) provides a community equipment loan service across the whole of Lincolnshire for adults, children and young people in community settings, care settings and education settings on behalf of commissioning partners who have statutory requirement duties under various legislation to provide community equipment for people with an assessed eligible social or health care need.
The primary functions of the service are to:
- Purchase equipment – standard and special equipment;
- Store equipment – standard and special equipment;
- Provide an IT system that delivers the requirements of the service;
- Provide reporting into activity and use of the service by authorises prescribers;
- Provide the logistics in relation to placing orders, delivering, installation, repair, collection, maintenance, storing, cleaning and refurbishing of all equipment;
- Deliver a high-quality person-centred service;
- Deliver the service in line with operational procedures agreed by commissioners;
- Work closely the LCES Team and Partners in service delivery.
The community equipment to be supplied, maintained, collected, recycled and stored through the Service are summarised below:
- Simple Aids to Daily Living (SADLs) – small selection of products to aid independent living including perching stools, trolleys, bathing and toileting aids, and walking aids;
- Complex Aids to Daily Living (CADLs) – includes hoists, slings, powered equipment and specialist bathing equipment; beds / accessories and pressure care equipment;
- Bespoke / Non-Stock Equipment – includes items that do not form part of the standard equipment product range and are instead additional ‘one-off’ items that meet the Patient's / Customer's assessed needs;
- Provision of Ceiling Track Hoists, Stair lifts, Ramps and Rails;
- Provision of Weighing Scales Service;
- Equipment for children through Birth to Five Service;
- Equipment within the Special Educational Needs setting;
- Provision of Occupational Therapy Assessments;
- PPE and LFT Management and Storage;
- Provision of seating clinics, also training and demonstration to Partners and Service Users;
- Servicing and Maintenance of Equipment in a variety of settings such as Day Centres; and
- The Lincolnshire Wheelchair Service.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 80%
Price - Weighting: 20
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-015548
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
CO1115
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29 September 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
NRS Healthcare
Coalville
LE67 1UB
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF3 - Lincolnshire
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £90,000,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £73,746,990
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Lincolnshire County Council
Lincoln
Country
United Kingdom