Official UK procurement notice
Derby Integrated Community Equipment Services (DICES)
Authority: NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (Central government)·On behalf of: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to express their interest in delivering an Integrated Community Equipment Service.
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.
The contract will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further two years.
Please note there is a financial threshold associated with this procurement. Please refer to procurement documentation for further details can be found within the procurement documentation.
To register your interest and submit a bid, please follow the link below, and search for the project reference as detailed: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
Project Reference: C357208
Project Name: Derby Integrated Community Equipment Service - Procurement
CPV: Devices for the disabled · Devices for the elderly · Health and social work services · Medical equipments · Miscellaneous medical devices and products · Other community, social and personal services · Provision of services to the community · Support equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£12,820,000
- Economic & financial standing
As described in the procurement documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
As described in the procurement documentation.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Quality (Technical/Project specific)
- Commercial (Cost / Financial)
- Economic & financial standing
As described in the procurement documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
As described in the procurement documentation.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Jun 2025, 18:19 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2025, 22:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Nov 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045000- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f70Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
To register your interest and submit a bid, please follow the link below, and search for the project reference as detailed: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
Project Reference: C357208
Project Name: Derby Integrated Community Equipment Service - Procurement
Timeline
18 Jun 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published18 Jun 2025, 18:19 BST
- Market engagement27 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
The market engagement event will be held virtually on Tuesday 1st July 2025 (13:00-14:00). Providers wishing to attend the virtual market engagement event will need to submit a request via the Atamis e-tendering portal. Further instructions in relation to accessing the Atamis e-tendering portal can be found later in this notice. The deadline for registration to attend the event and submitting a completed market engagement questionnaire is 17:00 on Friday 27th June 2025. Please note this is a market testing exercise and does not commit the ICB to carry out any further procurement process. Any and all information/documents included in this notice, or that are made available as part of this engagement exercise, are draft and subject to change. All timeframes are indicative and also subject to change. To Register your Interest in attending the Market Engagement Event and/or obtain additional information relating to the service, please use the following Atamis e-tendering portal Link: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗, and search for Project reference: C368459. Providers are required to register their interest in attending the Market Engagement Event via the messaging functionality within the Atamis portal. The Commissioner would also be grateful if potential providers could complete the questionnaire (available via the e-tendering portal) and submit via the messaging functionality within the portal by the deadline of 17:00 on Friday 27th June 2025.
- Tender notice published31 Jul 2025, 22:06 BST
- Next notice expected31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by1 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline11 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by335 days ago25 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts179 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Jun 2025, 18:19 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published31 Jul 2025, 22:06 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £12,820,00031 Jul 2025, 22:06 BSTwas £10,400,000
- Status changed to active31 Jul 2025, 22:06 BST
- Procurement method changed31 Jul 2025, 22:06 BST
- Deadline published: 11 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST31 Jul 2025, 22:06 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support UnitProcuring entityNHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) is acting as an agent for and on behalf of Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board and is supporting the procurement process.
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender