✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 20 Oct 2026, 18:26.
Opportunity overview
Provision of Equipment and aids for daily living is an essential component of the Health and Social Care system. An efficient Community Equipment Loans Service can enable independent living, facilitate hospital discharge, prevent hospital admission as well as reducing overall costs to the system. This Procurement is for an Integrated Community Equipment Loans Service to procure, supply, store, deliver, collect, Decontaminate, Repair, Service and Maintain, reuse and recycle a range of Equipment for Service Users who need it, both adults and children. Commissioners require a responsive Service that meets national guidelines for: The delivery and collection and active recall of Equipment. An IT based efficient stock control system and storage facilities. Robust infection control, cleaning and decontamination measures. Servicing and Maintenance. Warranty and repairs. Sufficient flexibility to meet changes in national or local policy requirements. The aim of the Service is to ensure that eligible Service Users of all ages receive timely access to appropriate, safe and effective Equipment and associated Activities that meet their assessed needs and enable them, as far as reasonably possible, to live safely and independently in their chosen Home. This is a joint procurement where Sheffield City Council is acting as the lead buyer on behalf of City of Doncaster Council, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board.
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099199-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Sheffield City Council, acting for Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield commissioners, is procuring an integrated community equipment loans service for adults and children. The service covers equipment procurement, supply, storage, delivery, collection, decontamination, repair, servicing, maintenance, reuse and recycling.
Who this may suit
Best suited to providers able to deliver an end-to-end community equipment loans service, including logistics, stock control, storage, infection-control processes and equipment lifecycle activities.
Key points identified
Integrated community equipment loans serviceProvide a service to procure, supply, store, deliver, collect, decontaminate, repair, service and maintain, reuse and recycle equipment.Evidence: “This Procurement is for an Integrated Community Equipment Loans Service to procure, supply, store, deliver, collect, Decontaminate, Repair, Service and Maintain, reuse and recycle a range of Equipment”
Delivery and collectionResponsive delivery, collection and active recall of equipment.Evidence: “Commissioners require a responsive Service that meets national guidelines for: The delivery and collection and active recall of Equipment.”
Stock control and storageIT-based efficient stock-control system and storage facilities.Evidence: “An IT based efficient stock control system and storage facilities.”
94% approved-analysis confidence7 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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Sheffield City Council, acting for Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield commissioners, is procuring an integrated community equipment loans service for adults and children. The service covers equipment procurement, supply, storage, delivery, collection, decontamination, repair, servicing, maintenance, reuse and recycling.
Who this may suit
Best suited to providers able to deliver an end-to-end community equipment loans service, including logistics, stock control, storage, infection-control processes and equipment lifecycle activities.
Key deliverables
Community equipment procurement and supply
Storage and IT-based stock control
Equipment delivery, collection and active recall
Decontamination, repair, servicing and maintenance
Equipment reuse and recycling
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
7 criteria identified
Integrated community equipment loans service
99% confidence
Provide a service to procure, supply, store, deliver, collect, decontaminate, repair, service and maintain, reuse and recycle equipment.
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“This Procurement is for an Integrated Community Equipment Loans Service to procure, supply, store, deliver, collect, Decontaminate, Repair, Service and Maintain, reuse and recycle a range of Equipment”
Delivery and collection
96% confidence
Responsive delivery, collection and active recall of equipment.
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“Commissioners require a responsive Service that meets national guidelines for: The delivery and collection and active recall of Equipment.”
Stock control and storage
97% confidence
IT-based efficient stock-control system and storage facilities.
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“An IT based efficient stock control system and storage facilities.”
Infection control
98% confidence
Robust infection control, cleaning and decontamination measures.
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“Robust infection control, cleaning and decontamination measures.”
Servicing, maintenance, warranty and repairs
96% confidence
Provide servicing and maintenance, warranty and repairs.
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“Servicing and Maintenance. Warranty and repairs.”
Flexibility
95% confidence
Flexibility to meet changes in national or local policy requirements.
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“Sufficient flexibility to meet changes in national or local policy requirements.”
Eligible service users
90% confidence
Adults and children whose assessed needs require equipment; detailed supplier eligibility requirements are unknown.
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“eligible Service Users of all ages receive timely access to appropriate, safe and effective Equipment and associated Activities that meet their assessed needs”
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Maximum stated value
99% confidence
£140,000,000.
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Opportunity value_max: 140000000 GBP; lot LOT-0000 value_amount: 140000000 GBP.
Contract dates
99% confidence
Unknown.
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contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null.
Pricing and payment terms
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No pricing or payment terms are supplied.
Delivery
Service area
94% confidence
Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield; the supplied delivery location is region UKE3, United Kingdom.
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Title: “Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Integrated Community Equipment Loans Service (DRS ICELS)”; delivery location: “UKE3”, United Kingdom.
Service users
99% confidence
Adults and children.
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“Service Users who need it, both adults and children.”
Delivery outcomes
96% confidence
Timely access to appropriate, safe and effective equipment to support safe, independent living at home.
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“ensure that eligible Service Users of all ages receive timely access to appropriate, safe and effective Equipment... [to] live safely and independently in their chosen Home.”
submission_deadline: “2026-11-20T12:00:00+00:00”; lot LOT-0000 has the same deadline.
Lead buyer
99% confidence
Sheffield City Council, acting on behalf of City of Doncaster Council, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board.
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“Sheffield City Council is acting as the lead buyer on behalf of City of Doncaster Council, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board.”
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Scope complexity
98% confidence
The service combines equipment logistics, storage, stock control, infection control, decontamination, repair, maintenance, reuse and recycling; delivery capability must cover the full stated lifecycle.
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“procure, supply, store, deliver, collect, Decontaminate, Repair, Service and Maintain, reuse and recycle”; “An IT based efficient stock control system and storage facilities.”
Commercial and term uncertainty
99% confidence
The stated maximum value is available, but contract duration, pricing model and payment terms are not supplied.
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value_max: 140000000 GBP; contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null; no pricing or payment terms are supplied.
Supplier selection requirements unknown
98% confidence
Detailed selection criteria, certifications, insurance, service levels and submission instructions are not included in the supplied content.
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The supplied notice data and description contain no such requirements.
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