Decision details

Maintain continuity of the integrated community equipment service.

To award a contract for the supply of integrated community equipment to Millbrook Healthcare Limited.  The contract is to replace the contract terminated due to the failure of the Nottingham Rehabilitation Services Healthcare Ltd

It is a three-year contract for the supply of community equipment on behalf of on behalf of OUH as a direct party to the contract and on behalf of ICB and OHFT as partners to the contract.  The service specification agreed clinically by all partners.  The total value of the contract is dependent on the equipment ordered and recycled.

It will provide continuity of service to vulnerable Oxfordshire residents and assure key system deliverables including: avoiding the risk of people being admitted to hospital or care home from risks arising to their wellbeing in their own home; maintaining discharge rates home after a stay in hospital; providing support to people at end of life; and safeguarding the welfare for children and adults with complex support needs.

Not providing an equipment service is not an acceptable option.

Providing the equipment service through in-house provision was considered.  The complexity and scale of the ICES contract means that an in-house model delivered by the Local Authority is unrealistic in the timeframe. The establishment and delivery of an in-house service would cost significantly more.