With an aging population, there’s increased demand for health and mobility equipment to ensure patients have the support they need within hospitals, care homes, and at home.
Our Acute and Community Health and Social Care Equipment Products and Services Framework Agreement has been created to support the NHS with this challenge, it includes:
- A wide range of daily living aids and moving equipment (including bariatric and paediatric specialist products) to support patient safety and wellbeing within healthcare settings, care homes and patients’ homes.
- Beds, mattresses and other pressure relieving and positioning equipment, enabling continuity of care in the patient’s home. This ensures appropriate timely discharge and assists in the prevention of pressure ulcers, which cost the NHS £3.8m every day.
- Wheelchairs, including associated maintenance, components, specialist pressure relieving cushions and decontamination services, minimising waste and supporting the reuse of wheelchairs for the 1.2 million wheelchair users in the UK, of which 70% wait over three months for new chairs.
- A continence home delivery service that supports organisations to manage patients journey to social continence. By contracting directly with the supplier, customers benefit from independent product selection and a fully managed service. This involves taking patient prescriptions, handling patient orders/queries, a two-hour delivery window, extensive account management and clinical support and training.
Our framework agreement ensures that the right equipment is in place to support the patient, maximising their independence and leading to the best possible sustainable outcome.
Framework Agreement Information
The framework agreement offers a broad range of medical products and services amongst seven lots, including the provision of beds/mattresses for both acute and community, wheelchair products and services, continence home delivery, daily living aids and moving and handling equipment (lifts and hoists).
What dates is the framework agreement active?
01 January 2022 – 13 Jan 2026
Who can take advantage of the framework agreement?
NHS and wider public sector organisations
How was the framework agreement procured?
This framework agreement was procured in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015. This framework agreement remains a compliant route to market under the new Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. If you have any questions, please contact the team.
Further competition and direct award
Via this framework agreement, you can run a further competition, or choose to direct award to a supplier in compliance with Regulation 33 of the Public Contracts Regulations.
How we can support?
We offer different levels of support, including SME advice and robust templates for you to easily run your own process, or additional support to design and run a further competition on your behalf.
How can I access the framework agreement?
Access framework agreement documentation via our Customer Framework Agreement Portal (CFAP)
What are the benefits of using this framework agreement?
ENABLES CONTINUITY OF CARE
Covers beds, mattresses and other pressure relieving and positioning equipment, enabling continuity of care in the patient’s home. This ensures appropriate timely discharge and assists in the prevention of bedsores, or pressure ulcers, which cost the public sector in the UK, primarily the NHS, approximately £2.2 billion annually.
END-TO-END MANAGED SERVICE
Provides flexibility to offer end-to-end managed services to provide a comprehensive solution.
HOME DELIVERY SERVICE
Provides a continence home delivery service that supports organisations to manage a patients journey to social continence.
FULLY MANAGED SERVICE
In relation to the supply of continence products, by contracting directly with the supplier, customers can benefit from independent product selection and a fully managed service. This involves taking patient prescriptions, handling patient orders/queries, a two-hour delivery window, extensive account management and clinical support and training, releasing clinical teams to focus on delivering patient care.
ALIGNS WITH LORD DARZI RECOMMENDATIONS
Aligns with the recommendations of the Lord Darzi Report, providing community equipment that will support customers in “shifting care closer to home.”
BETTER CARE FUND
The Better Care Fund programme supports local systems to successfully deliver the integration of health, housing and social care in a way that supports person-centred care, sustainability and better outcomes for people and carers. Our framework agreement can provide a joined up solution for local authorities and the NHS in the purchasing of equipment to support such outcomes, bridging the gap between acute and community care.
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Strategic Procurement Support
If this framework agreement doesn’t cover the goods or services you require, or a framework agreement isn’t the optimal route to market for your needs, we can provide tailored strategic procurement support. Find out more here.
