Camden awards Integrated Community Equipment Services contract to Provide Care Solutions

Tender information last checkedLast checked 19 Oct 2026, 17:11.

Opportunity overview

Provision of community equipment to support independence, hospital discharge, and care at home for adults and children. Includes supply, maintenance, and collection of items.

Awarded to

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PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Matched by number

Published award value: £10.3m
Awarded: 16 Sept 2025
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 04331279
Location: Colchester, UKH34, CO4 9YQ, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Contract details notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: ocds-h6vhtk-059db6
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen: The Council has a statutory duty to provide the integrated community equipment service pursuant to the Care Act 2014. The existing provider notified the Council that they were being placed into liquidation and would cease trading on 15 September 2025 and therefore cease providing these services to the Council. Due to the short notice provided by the incumbent provider it was impossible to commission a new contract within the relevant timescales and ensure continuity of service. It was necessary for the Council to urgently award a replacement contract to secure continuity of these critical statutory services in Camden. The Council considered all options and have concluded that due to this extreme urgency a directly awarded contract under Section 41 and paragraphs 13 and 14 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 to Provide Care Solutions Limited should be made.

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Special regime

lightTouch

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Id: urgency

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: complete

Published documents

Entry 1

Id: conflictOfInterest
Document Type: conflictOfInterest
Description: Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: London Borough of Camden
Id: GB-PPON-PZXL-5842-VBBG

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PZXL-5842-VBBG

Address

Street Address: Town Hall, Judd Street
Locality: London
Postal Code: WC1H 9JE
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKI31

Contact

Email: procurement@camden.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: http://www.camden.gov.uk/ ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - sub-central government

Organisation 2

Name: PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Id: GB-COH-04331279

Identifier

Scheme: GB-COH
Id: 04331279

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PQTJ-4888-HQGL

Address

Street Address: 900 The Crescent Colchester Business Park
Locality: Colchester
Postal Code: CO4 9YQ
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKH34

Contact

Email: provide.businessdevelopment@nhs.net

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: sme
Vcse: No
Public Service Mission Organization: No
Sheltered Workshop: No

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Status: active
Main Procurement Category: services

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 85000000
Description: Health and social work services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKI31
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-04331279
Name: PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 1
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Has Renewal: Yes
Above Threshold: Yes
Date Signed: 22 Sept 2025, 00:00

Period

Starts: 22 Sept 2025, 00:00
Ends: 21 Sept 2027, 23:59
Max Extent Date: 21 Sept 2028, 23:59

Renewal

Description: An additional 12 months may be enacted, subject to satisfactory performance, to allow sufficient time for the planning of the future commissioning intentions for the service in a very restricted market.

Value

Including VAT: 12,393,070
Amount: 10,327,560
Currency: GBP

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 098614-2026
Document Type: contractNotice
Notice Type: UK7
Description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098614-2026 ↗
Published: 19 Oct 2026, 15:44
Format: text/html

Recorded locations

Buyer location · London · UKI31 · WC1H 9JE · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS

ocds-h6vhtk-059db6-2025-09-22T14:56:13+01:00Transparency notice on Find a Tender · 22 Sept 2025, 14:56
098614-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 19 Oct 2026, 15:44

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

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ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

London Borough of Camden directly awarded an integrated community equipment service contract to PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED. The contract covers equipment supply, maintenance and collection to support independence, hospital discharge and care at home for adults and children.

Published outcome signals

Procurement statusCompleteEvidence: Tender status is "complete"; lot 1 status is "complete".
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 1 status is "active".
Contract statusActiveEvidence: Contract 1 status is "active".

97% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed5 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 098614-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-059db6
First published: 22 Sept 2025
Last checked: 19 Oct 2026, 17:11
Notice versions reviewed: 2

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 19 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

A single active award and active contract are recorded for PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED. The contract data explicitly records signing on 22 September 2025.

Market significance

The £10.33m net contract was awarded under an extreme-urgency direct-award rationale after the previous provider said it would enter liquidation and cease trading.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

99% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · 10327560 GBP · Active award; active contract

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Award 1 names PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED as supplier for lot 1. The associated contract records a net value of GBP 10,327,560.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Procurement status

99% confidence

Complete

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Tender status is "complete"; lot 1 status is "complete".

Award status

99% confidence

Active

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Award 1 status is "active".

Contract status

99% confidence

Active

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Contract 1 status is "active".

Contract signed

99% confidence

22 September 2025

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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2025-09-22.

Contract period

99% confidence

22 September 2025 to 21 September 2027

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Contract 1 period startDate is 2025-09-22 and endDate is 2027-09-21.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value, excluding VAT

99% confidence

£10,327,560

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Contract 1 value.amount is 10327560 GBP.

Contract value, including VAT

99% confidence

£12,393,070

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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 12393070 GBP.

Value allocation

98% confidence

Single contract value associated with award 1 and lot 1

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Contract 1 is linked to award 1; award 1 relates to lot 1.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Prior provider stated cessation date

93% confidence

15 September 2025

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The direct-award rationale states that the existing provider said it would cease trading and cease providing services on 15 September 2025.

Award date

97% confidence

17 September 2025

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The supplied award record gives award_date as 2025-09-17.

Contract signature date

99% confidence

22 September 2025

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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2025-09-22.

Contract start date

99% confidence

22 September 2025

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Contract 1 period startDate is 2025-09-22.

Contract end date

99% confidence

21 September 2027

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Contract 1 period endDate is 2027-09-21.

Contract details notice published

99% confidence

19 October 2026

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Contract document 098614-2026 has datePublished 2026-10-19.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service

99% confidence

Integrated community equipment services

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Tender title is "Integrated Community Equipment Services".

Activities

99% confidence

Supply, maintenance and collection of community-equipment items

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Tender description explicitly lists supply, maintenance and collection.

Service purpose

99% confidence

Support for independence, hospital discharge and care at home for adults and children

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Tender description states these purposes and user groups.

Procurement category

99% confidence

Services; health and social work services (CPV 85000000)

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Award 1 has mainProcurementCategory "services" and CPV 85000000.

Delivery area

95% confidence

UKI31 (Camden/London area)

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Award item delivery address region is UKI31; buyer is London Borough of Camden.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Direct award

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Tender procurementMethodDetails is "Direct award".

Legal framework

99% confidence

Procurement Act 2023; light-touch regime

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Tender legal basis is 2023/54 and specialRegime is "lightTouch".

Direct-award rationale

98% confidence

Extreme urgency to maintain statutory service continuity after the existing provider notified the Council of liquidation and intended cessation

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The published rationale cites the Care Act 2014 duty, the existing provider's liquidation notice and cessation date, and extreme urgency.

Competition information

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice

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No bid, tenderer, evaluation or scoring data is supplied.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Base term

99% confidence

2 years

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The stated period runs from 22 September 2025 to 21 September 2027.

Extension option

99% confidence

Up to 12 additional months, subject to satisfactory performance

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The renewal description says an additional 12 months may be enacted subject to satisfactory performance.

Maximum stated end date

99% confidence

21 September 2028

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Contract 1 maxExtentDate is 2028-09-21.

Above threshold

99% confidence

Yes

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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is true.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Continuity-driven award

98% confidence

The published rationale indicates that continuity of critical statutory services was the stated reason for the urgent direct award.

View supporting evidence

The rationale says the Council needed urgently to secure continuity following the prior provider's stated liquidation and planned cessation.

Future commissioning context

98% confidence

The extension is described as allowing time to plan future commissioning intentions in a restricted market.

View supporting evidence

This wording appears in the renewal description.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

97%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-059db6
Analysed: 19 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

London Borough of Camden

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Buyer party is named London Borough of Camden.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Sub-central government public authority

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Buyer classification is "Public authority - sub-central government".

Statutory context stated by buyer

98% confidence

The Council cites a duty to provide the service under the Care Act 2014

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The procurement rationale explicitly makes this statement.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier legal name

99% confidence

PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

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Verified supplier identity is PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED, matched by Companies House number 04331279.

Companies House number

99% confidence

04331279

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Supplier identifier is GB-COH-04331279 and verification matched this company number.

Supplier classification

95% confidence

SME

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Supplier party details record scale as "sme".

Registered locality

98% confidence

Colchester, United Kingdom

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Supplier address locality is Colchester, postal code CO4 9YQ.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Earliest estimated re-procurement point

85% confidence

Around 21 September 2027, if no extension is used

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The explicit base contract end date is 21 September 2027. This is an estimate, not a procurement forecast.

Latest stated contract end point

98% confidence

21 September 2028, if the optional extension is enacted

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The maximum extent date is 21 September 2028 and the notice permits up to 12 additional months.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Notice timing

99% confidence

The contract details notice was published after the recorded award, signature and start dates.

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Award date is 17 September 2025; signature and start are 22 September 2025; the contract details notice is dated 19 October 2026.

Lot detail

99% confidence

Lot 1 is identified but has no published title, description or separate value.

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Lot 1 is supplied without title, description or value fields.

Competition and evaluation data

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

View supporting evidence

No tender responses, scores, evaluation narrative or award-comparison information is present.

Supplier identity

99% confidence

Verified against the supplied Companies House number; no source-name mismatch is indicated.

View supporting evidence

Supplier verification status is verified, with company-number match to 04331279 and verified name PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

No tender-response count, bidder list, evaluation scores, quality assessment or price breakdown is supplied.
Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual lot value.
The direct-award rationale reports the previous provider's intended liquidation and cessation, but does not identify that provider.
The contract details notice was published on 19 October 2026, after the recorded award, signature and contract start dates.
No published information states whether the optional 12-month extension will be used.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won Camden's Integrated Community Equipment Services contract?

PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED won award 1 for lot 1.

What is the contract value?

The published contract value is £10,327,560 excluding VAT and £12,393,070 including VAT.

When does the contract run?

The base term runs from 22 September 2025 to 21 September 2027. A further 12 months may be enacted, with a maximum stated end date of 21 September 2028.

Why was the contract directly awarded?

Camden's published rationale cites extreme urgency to preserve continuity after the existing provider notified the Council that it was entering liquidation and would cease trading.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

Integrated Community Equipment Services

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

PROVIDE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Classification

Lots

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Special regime

Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

Published documents

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Additional Identifiers

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Suppliers

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Period

Renewal

Value

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

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Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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