Derby Integrated Community Equipment Services (DICES)
- NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05d02e
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.
Notices
UK6: Contract award notice
- Notice identifier
- 2026/S 000-004569
- Published
- 19 January 2026, 9:23pm
UK4: Tender notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-066877
- Published
- 20 October 2025, 5:12pm