Kent Community Equipment Services

Official notice

Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ4)

Awarded value£100,000,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 31 Jul 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A health and social care community equipment service for the people who reside within Kent. This contract will be a direct award from the Procurement Services Integrated Community Care Equipment and Associated Services Framework Y24008 Lot 1 ('the Framework').

This award ensures continuity of supply in the delivery of statutory services.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South East

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 1 Aug 2025, 11:06 BST
Last source update: 1 Aug 2025, 11:06 BST
Authority reference: CN250476
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-045114
Classification (CPV): Health and social work services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-056b13 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: This contract will be a direct award from the Procurement Services Integrated Community Care Equipment and Associated Services Framework Y24008 Lot 1, established under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Notwithstanding that this Contract Notice states that Quality Criteria was the basis for the direct award to the Supplier, the Contract Authority has satisfied itself that the objective conditions for a direct award of a contract set out in Framework Y24008 Lot 1 have been met.
The Contracting Authority has set out in the Quality Criteria the direct award conditions that it intends to rely upon.
This award ensures continuity of supply in the delivery of statutory services.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £100,000,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 31 Jul 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd	£100,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 045114-2025-1 · Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd
Signed
31 Jul 2025
Value
£100,000,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Kent County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Maidstone, South East, ME141XQContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd.Awarded supplierGB-COH: 04198824 Unit 2 Summit Centre Skyport Drive, Harmondsworth,, West Drayton, South East, UB7 0LJ

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.