PC686 Integrated Community Equipment (ICE) Services

The main purpose of the Service is to provide an efficient and effective mechanism which enables Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent residents, their families and carers, to get timely access to the loan of community equipment, where there is an assessed need for such community equipment. The service shall include the warehousing, supply,delivery, repair, collection, recycling and planned preventative maintenance of community equipment across Staffordshire and Stoke on Tent , and some outlying areas. This shall include standard community equipment products, via an agreed community equipment ICT catalogue and which are subject to collection refund credits, and special community equipment products outside of the scope of the community equipment catalogue which shall not be subject to collection refund credits. The Service shall include the loan of community equipment to children, young people & adults, predominantly within the administrative areas of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent councils, and occasionally to people residing out of area.

Additional information: The Agreement term is envisaged to be from 1st June 2018 to 31st May 2022, with an additional option to extend 3 x (separate) 12 month periods, ultimately ending on 31st May 2025.

This is an electronic tender. All submissions must be made via the formal Staffordshire County Council electronic tendering platform - Proactis. All requests for information to be sent through the electronic tendering portal and message facility on the Proactis electronic tendering system. How to register - follow the link to Proactis electronic tendering (https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login). If you require urgent assistance regarding the initial usage of the electronic tendering portal please contact the Commercial Team on [email protected].

The spend on the contract is variable and envisaged between £37 million to £45 million GBP over the total 7 years depending on partner activity.

The County Council makes no guarantee of business.

The types of community equipment could include, but is not limited to: - Equipment for daily living Equipment for nursing needs at home Pressure relieving equipment Moving and handling equipment Assistive technology Sensory equipment Minor adaptations Mobility Aids Children's equipment and Portable equipment maintenance.

Although the Contract is between Staffordshire County Council (Contracting Authority) and the Provider, the Services shall be commissioned (not jointly procured) by the County Council on behalf of the following commissioning partners: - Staffordshire County Council Stoke-on-Trent City Council Stoke-on-Trent NHS Clinical Commissioning Group ('CCG') Stafford and Surrounds NHS CCG Cannock Chase NHS CCG South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsular East Staffordshire NHS CCG North Staffordshire NHS CCG