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Medequip are delighted to announce that we have won the London Consortium tender to retain our 17 borough Community Equipment Service Contract.
Since our first outsourced Community Equipment Services operation began in 1993 with Hillingdon, we are even more delighted to retain what is
the longest outsourced Community Equipment Service in the UK. The new contract will commence on 1st April 2017 for a period of four years,
with the opportunity to extend for a further two years.
On the 21st December 2016, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham confirmed that Medequip will continue to deliver Integrated Community
Equipment Services, to supply, deliver, fit, adjust, service, collect, refurbish, recycle or dispose of items of Equipment requisitioned by
authorised Prescribers on behalf of Service Users, for local Health and Social Care equipment Users across 17 London Boroughs.
The prior Framework was established by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 2010. The procurement process to commission the Integrated
Community Equipment service began in January 2016, with the formal procurement process starting in September 2016.
In addition to the contracted services that form the Framework, Medequip will continue to further its commitment to local Social Values by providing
32 apprenticeship places over the duration of the Contract, as well as providing opportunities through local job centres, economic opportunities
for local suppliers, and by providing a dedicated budget to local Councils for charity and fundraising events.