Community Equipment

Cheshire West and Chester Council
North West
Open procedure
1 April 2027 to 31 March 2031

The service covers the full lifecycle of community equipment, ranging from simple mobility aids to complex items like profiling beds and hoists. The provider must manage a loan-based model involving delivery, installation, maintenance, repair, collection, and reissue. This is a demand-based contract with no guaranteed volumes, requiring the ability to source both standard items and bespoke 'specials' to support independent living and hospital discharge across multiple local authority and NHS partner areas.

Open the official notice

Awarded value: £38.9m; As published
Published: 13 March 2025; Find a Tender
Awarded: 10 September 2026; Millbrook Healthcare
Contract length: 48 months; Ends 31 March 2031

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of a comprehensive community equipment loan service, including delivery, installation, maintenance, repair, collection, and refurbishment of assistive living aids.

Lifecycle

Publishedon Find a Tender
13 March 2025
Contract awardedto Millbrook Healthcare
10 September 2026
Contract starts
1 April 2027
Contract ends
31 March 2031

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The buyer

Type: Council
Community equipment services contracts, 24 months: 1
Open community equipment services tenders: 0
Typical community equipment services contract: £38.9m

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How it compares

6.8× the typical community equipment services contract (£5.7m).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/920899/community-equipment
Buyer reference: DN766988
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-04ecd2
Source: Find a Tender
Last checked: 12 October 2026

Cheshire West and Chester Council. Community Equipment. Contract award, 13 March 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/920899/community-equipment (accessed 12 October 2026).