NHS Sheffield CCG and Sheffield City Council : Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service (ICELS)

The Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service (ICELS) is the mechanism by which community equipment and non-catalogue equipment (Special Equipment) is ordered, loaned, procured, stored, supplied, distributed, collected, decontaminated, recycled and serviced across Sheffield.

Valuing independence is one of the four mission statements of the city's Health and Wellbeing Board. The City's Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy states that 'stronger Primary Care, community-based services and community health interventions will help people remain independent and stay at or close to home'.

Maintaining independence through equipment loan and some minor adaptations is at the heart of the Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service (ICELS) which was established by Sheffield City Council and NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group in 2015 and will be continued in the future ICELS which will come into effect in July 2020.

One of the fundamental principles of this service will be to promote the person's independence and support them to live independently within their own home.

The Service consists of the procurement, storage, loan, distribution, collection, decontamination, repair, recycling and servicing of a wide range of community equipment. This will be from loan of simple aids to assist daily living and minor adaptations to complex aids and equipment including sensory aids.

The Effective Date of the contract is intended to commence on the 01/07/2020. The contract will be in place until 30/06/2025, with the option to extend for two additional years.

To access the procurement documentation, please go to www.nhssourcing.co.uk If you have not accessed the portal before you will need to register by clicking on "Register Here". Once you have logged into the website, click on the link "ITTs Open to All Suppliers" in the Supplier Area box. This tender will be listed here.

Click on the ITT Title, and then on the green button "Express Interest". By doing this, you will have invited yourself to participate in the ITT. This enables you to download any Buyer Attachments, send and receive Messages with the NHS South Yorkshire Procurement Service, and respond to the ITT.

Additional information: To access the procurement documentation, please go to www.nhssourcing.co.uk

If you have not accessed the portal before you will need to register by clicking on "Register Here". Once you have logged into the website, click on the link "ITTs Open to All Suppliers" in the Supplier Area box. This tender will be listed here.

Click on the ITT Title, and then on the green button "Express Interest". By doing this, you will have invited yourself to participate in the ITT. This enables you to download any Buyer Attachments, send and receive Messages with the NHS South Yorkshire Procurement Service, and respond to the ITT.