Decision details

The First Aid and Medical Supplies contract provides a range of first aid products, medical products and textiles to meet the needs of the Authority. The product requirements include high volume items such as clinical wipes, gloves, hand rub and first aid kits and low quantity high value items including Hoists, slings and beds.

The First Aid and Medical Supplies contract is mainly accessed by older people care services, as the goods supplied on this contract service the Authority owned and managed residential homes, day care centres and the disability services. In addition, the contract can be accessed by facilities management (FM) and requisitioners who order on behalf of buildings not managed by FM.

The procurement is for the renewal of an existing contract which is currently due to end on the 31^st August 2025.

It is recommended that an open above threshold procurement is conducted to reprocure this contract. The estimated value is £1,260.000 over the 4 year term. The contract will commence on 1^st September 2025 for an initial period of two years, with the option to extend for any number of defined periods up to a further two years.

Paul Lee, Director of Adult Care and Provider Services took a decision to approve the re-tender of the First Aid and Medical Supplies contract via an Above Threshold Open tender process, in compliance with the Procurement Act 2023.