Awarded· 27 Dec 2024
Hearing aid support services across Somerset Care Homes
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset, South West
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Hearing aid support services across Somerset Care Homes. It is a contract for residential care and care home in Somerset.
Source: Find a Tender, published 17 Feb 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Award notice published
Award Notice · 13:07
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Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 17:31
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About this tender
In brief
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Hearing aid support services across Somerset Care Homes. It is a contract for residential care and care home in Somerset. The contract went to The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (rnid. It was awarded on 27 December 2024. The contract value is £46,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 17 February 2025. The notice number is 005473-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04cd04.
Summary of the contracting process
The Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to award a contract for hearing aid support services across care homes in Somerset. This procurement falls under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, with the intended contract having a lifetime value of £46,000 and expected to commence on 13 January 2025 for a period of 12 months.
The tender is classified under the health services category, specifically community health services, and the procurement method used is limited, with the contract being awarded without prior publication of a call for competition. Key notes include that the tender process began on 27 December 2024 and representations by providers had to be made by 9 January 2025.
The contract seeks providers who can support continued hearing aid use, offer hearing loss screening, and provide relevant information and communication support to care home residents and staff.
The notice in full
Hearing aid support services across Somerset Care Homes
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The provision of hearing aid support services across Somerset Care Homes:
To provide a high quality accessible NHS hearing aid aftercare to care home residents, their visitors and staff.
To enable support for continued hearing aid use.
To provide hearing screening checks for people with undiagnosed hearing loss.
To provide information on hearing loss and the effects of hearing loss.
To support communication needs by providing timely signposting to support/rehabilitation services and groups.
To support care home staff to help their residents with their hearing loss.;
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process. The approximate life time value of the contract is PS46,000.00
This is a new service with a new provider.
The service will be delivered for a period of 12 months from 13 Jan 2025.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Residential Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (rnid
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £46,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 005473-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04cd04
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services; 85323000 - Community health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Town
- Taunton
- Postcode
- TA1 5DA
- Electoral ward
- Bishop's Hull & Taunton West
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Delivery area
- Somerset CC
- Region
- South West
- Sub-region
- Somerset
- Area
- North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Nicky Keeble
- Address
- Taunton, TA1 5DA · South West · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (rnid
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Hearing aid support services across Somerset Care Homes
Who won the Hearing aid support services across Somerset Care Homes contract?
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (rnid on 27 December 2024.
How much is the Hearing aid support services across Somerset Care Homes contract worth?
The contract value is £46,000.
Who is the buyer for Hearing aid support services across Somerset Care Homes?
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, based in Somerset, South West. The named contact is Nicky Keeble.
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