Provision of a Buckinghamshire Integrated Community Equipment Service

Buckinghamshire Council (acting as the Lead Authority), in partnership with Buckinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group is seeking tenders from suitably experienced and qualified organisations for the provision of a Buckinghamshire Integrated Community Equipment Services (BICES) through the appointment of a single provider. The option remains that other public authorities may seek to utilise this framework such as Oxfordshire County Council and their associated partners (Oxford University Hospitals NHSFT and Oxford Health NHSFT), NHS bodies and/or Clinical Commissioning Groups.

The current contract between Buckinghamshire Council and the incumbent provider ends on 30th September 2021 and the Councils intention is to call off from the single provider framework as from 1st October 2021. The initial call-off term will be for 5 years with an option to extend for up to a further 24 months.

Whilst no work or volume is guaranteed from the Council, should any participating authority wish to utilise the framework then each authority will enter into a separate call off. This service will ensure that residents in Buckinghamshire, who have either healthcare or social care needs (or a combination of both) are provided with high quality equipment, aids and/or adaptations that enable them to stay independent and live healthy lives for longer, and crucially to remain at home rather than requiring formal social and healthcare support.

The anticipated annual expenditure for Buckinghamshire Integrated Community Equipment Services in 2020/21 is £8,753,571 Within Oxfordshire, the spend this financial year for the whole contract up to end of November 2020 is £4,322,478.77. Pro-rating current spend for the remainder of the financial year estimates total financial year 2020/21 spend at £6,483,718.16.

Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) may apply to this opportunity. If your organisation wishes to participate in this process, you need to register with the Buckinghamshire Business Portal. You will be unable to take part if you do not register.