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Blackpool Community Equipment Service

BLACKPOOL COUNCIL · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 11:18.

Opportunity overview

This notice is for pre-market engagement to assess the market as part of procurement planning. Blackpool Council is seeking to engage with interested suppliers of community equipment for children and adults, and those suppliers who have the capability to reuse and recycle existing equipment, or provide servicing of equipment. There is no commitment at this stage to proceed with any procurement procedure. All information provided is purely for information and should the authority proceed to a competitive process, the market will be notified via the relevant transparency notices under PA23. Any dates, timescales or contract values are indicative only and subject to revision.

Classification

  • CPV33000000 — Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-05cf3e
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
goods

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
31 Aug 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Aug 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD42
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
33000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Entry 2
Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
066490-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
17 Oct 2025, 16:55

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
3 Nov 2025, 23:59
Description
Blackpool Council is seeking to establish new community equipment contract/s with effect from autumn 2026. Blackpool's existing community equipment model consists of a number of supplier contracts covering purchase, hire and reuse of equipment. The local authority wishes to enter into exploratory dialogue and scoping discussions with organisations that have the capability and experience to deliver local community equipment services. The main purpose of this notice is to help the Council to scope requirements, understand market capability and assess levels of interest. The new model will include purchase, rental and reuse of a broad range of adult and paediatric equipment comprising; standard, non-standard and other specialist or bespoke items. The service will cover end-to-end activities such as; delivery, collection, reuse, cleaning, storage, servicing, maintenance, repair and disposal. Blackpool Equipment Service (BES) will oversee day-to-day management of the contract/s and delivery of the Service. Supplier/s would be required to work in partnership with the Equipment Service to support hospital discharge pathways and supply equipment directly to client's homes and health and social care facilities and other community based settings including schools and nurseries across the Blackpool and nearby Fylde coast area. Blackpool Council would like to invite comments from qualified organisations about medium-term service offers, viable contract durations, essential service requirements, functions and possible specification options for the Community Equipment Service. Contract/s duration may be up to 5 years, although this may change owing to uncertainty surrounding the UK Government's proposed local government reforms; including future local authority geographies and reorganisation timetables. English Devolution White Paper Parties interested in delivering some part/s or all aspects of Blackpool's community equipment service are invited to email the contracts.team@blackpool.gov.uk to express an interest to participate in this dialogue. Applications to participate should be received no later than midnight Sunday 2 November 2025. The Council will select a number of organisations from those applying to participate in dialogue. Participation (or non-participation) will confer no advantage or disadvantage should the Authority commence a formal procurement process at some future date. A procurement exercise is planned to commence in spring 2026, to ensure supplier contract/s are in place and implemented by 01 September 2026, with regular contract break clauses.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PHHB-5249-RZVD
Name
BLACKPOOL COUNCIL

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD42
Country
GB
Locality
Blackpool
Postal Code
FY1 1NB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
PO Box 11, Town Hall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PHHB-5249-RZVD
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Blackpool · UKD42 · FY1 1NB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD42 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05cf3e-2025-10-17T16:55:43+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·