Official UK procurement notice
Community Equipment Service · Provide Care Solutions Ltd for London Borough of Barnet (Sept 2025)
Authority: London Borough of Barnet (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of the community equipment to support independence, hospital discharge, and care at home for adults and children. Includes supply, maintenance, and collection of items.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Sept 2025, 19:05 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2025, 11:50 BST
- Authority reference
979488259- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059195- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059e84Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
The urgent action required is to ensure the needs of vulnerable residents can be met and the Council fulfils statutory requirements.
The Council is required to maintain access to the Services for all eligible residents and there is a legal duty under the Care Act 2014 for the Services to be delivered.
The directly contract award a contract to the identified supplier will be made under Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023.
In relation to the urgency justification under Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, this justification applies for the following reasons:
- The goods and services to be supplied under the proposed contract are strictly necessary to ensure the Council complies with its statutory duties.
- The situation has arisen due to unforeseeable events outside of the Council's control. In the circumstances the Council must act urgently and there is not sufficient time to conduct a competitive tendering procedure.
- The urgency is unavoidable and was not attributable to any act or omission of the council.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Sept 2025- Transparency notice published19 Sept 2025, 19:05 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published23 Sept 2025, 10:43 BSTUK6
- Contract award notice published24 Sept 2025, 11:50 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected24 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provide Care Solutions LtdSME25 Sept 2025 – 23 Sept 2027 · up to 24 Sept 2028Extensions: Up to an additional 12 months could be enacted, subject to satisfactory performance, to allow sufficient time for planning of the future commissioning intentions for the service in a very restricted market. | £16,000,000 | 22 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Provide Care Solutions LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender