Integrated Community Equipment Service (ICES)

This notice relates to the provision of the Integrated Community Equipment Service (ICES) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) to be commissioned by Leicester City Council for itself and its health and social care partners within LLR.

This tender provides details of the Integrated Community Equipment Service (ICES) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). The service is required to deliver community equipment; both complex and simple community equipment is required, which will be held as contract stock for both adults and children and non-contract stock (special equipment) and bespoke made to measure equipment for adults and children.

The service will need to closely align with, and support the future development of, existing health and social care services that also support independent living in the community such as health and social care reablement, rapid response, hospital at home and personal care and community based support. The service will support both adults and children and young people.

The contract will span up to 7 years (5 years with a possible 1 plus 1 year extension), to allow a relationship to be built with the provider over the medium term to deliver ever more efficient services and to allow for innovation and creativity.

Leicester City Council directly manages a staffed and resourced ICES Support Service which will monitor the performance of the services delivered under the Contract and on behalf of partners.

This is a notice for social and specific services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU Article 74, Health and Social Services.