Awarded· 30 Jul 2025
Kent Community Equipment Services
Kent County Council · Maidstone, South East
Kent County Council has awarded Kent Community Equipment Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Maidstone.
Source: Find a Tender, published 1 Aug 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Medequip Assistive Technology
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 10:06
View notice
About this tender
In brief
Kent County Council has awarded Kent Community Equipment Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Maidstone. The contract went to Medequip Assistive Technology. It was awarded on 30 July 2025. The contract value is £100,000,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 1 August 2025. The notice number is 045114-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-056b13.
Summary of the contracting process
The public procurement process for the "Kent Community Equipment Services" contract was conducted by Kent County Council, a regional authority based in Maidstone, United Kingdom. This procurement falls under the health and social work services industry category and involves the delivery of community equipment services within Kent.
The procurement method was a direct award from the established Framework Y24008 Lot 1, under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract was awarded on 31st July 2025 and is valued at £100,000,000. The procurement stage is complete, with the status marked as "active," and it ensures the continuity of statutory services delivery.
The notice in full
A health and social care community equipment service for the people who reside within Kent. This contract will be a direct award from the Procurement Services Integrated Community Care Equipment and Associated Services Framework Y24008 Lot 1 ('the Framework'). This award ensures continuity of supply in the delivery of statutory services.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
A health and social care community equipment service for the people who reside within Kent. This contract will be a direct award from the Procurement Services Integrated Community Care Equipment and Associated Services Framework Y24008 Lot 1.
Notwithstanding that this Contract Notice states that Quality Criteria was the basis for the direct award to the Supplier, the Contract Authority has satisfied itself that the objective conditions for a direct award of a contract set out in Framework Y24008 Lot 1 have been met. The Contracting Authority has set out in the Quality Criteria the direct award conditions that it intends to rely upon.
This award ensures continuity of supply in the delivery of statutory services.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Medequip Assistive Technology
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £100,000,000
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
- 045114-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-056b13
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Maidstone
- Town
- Rochester
- Postcode
- ME14 1XQ
- Electoral ward
- Penenden Heath
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Delivery area
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Mid Kent
- Area
- Kent
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Kent County Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Paul Stephen
- Address
- Maidstone, ME14 1XQ · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Medequip Assistive Technology
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Kent Community Equipment Services
Who won the Kent Community Equipment Services contract?
Kent County Council awarded the contract to Medequip Assistive Technology on 30 July 2025.
How much is the Kent Community Equipment Services contract worth?
The contract value is £100,000,000.
Who is the buyer for Kent Community Equipment Services?
Kent County Council, based in Maidstone, South East. The named contact is Paul Stephen.
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