FOI 1632 – Wheelchair Services
FOI Reference Number:
1632
Request
Would it be possible to receive the following information regarding your current wheelchair services and approved wheelchair repair services contracts for your ICB please? Understanding ICBs were formally created only recently and that you may not have updated contracts, this could be the collection of current contracts from your constituent CCGs.
Who is the current provider of wheelchair services (WCS)?
What is the total value of the WCS contract?
What is the duration of the WCS contract?
What is the end date of the WCS contract? When would the new tender be released?
Who is the current provider of approved repair services (AR)? (if different from WCS)
What is the total value of the AR contract?
What is the duration of the AR contract?
What is the end date of the AR contract? When would the new tender be released?
Were these contracts (WCS and AR) direct awards or tenders? Was there an option for direct award and what framework was accessed?
Is specialist seating provision included in the WCS provision? If not, who is the provider, and what are the contract value, duration, end date and new tender release date?
Is Children’s and adult’s wheelchair provision/ maintenance within the same contract? If not could you please provide the requested metrics for each?
What is the number of patients served? (Current number and contractual target)
What share of the current WCS-AR expenditure currently spent by NHS facilities (i.e. insourced) will be tendered to outsourced providers in the next contractual cycle?
Response
Date: 25 August 2022
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE
Dear Sir / Madam,
FOI Reference Number: 1632
Would it be possible to receive the following information regarding your current wheelchair services and approved wheelchair repair services contracts for your ICB please? Understanding ICBs were formally created only recently and that you may not have updated contracts, this could be the collection of current contracts from your constituent CCGs.
1. Who is the current provider of wheelchair services (WCS)?
AJ Mobility Trading as AJM Healthcare Ltd
2. What is the total value of the WCS contract?
Contract value is £3,544,000, including Glossop.
3. What is the duration of the WCS contract?
5 years.
4. What is the end date of the WCS contract? When would the new tender be released?
13 January 2024.
5. Who is the current provider of approved repair services (AR)? (if different from WCS)
Not applicable.
6. What is the total value of the AR contract?
Not applicable.
7. What is the duration of the AR contract?
Not applicable.
8. What is the end date of the AR contract? When would the new tender be released?
Not applicable.
9. Were these contracts (WCS and AR) direct awards or tenders? Was there an option for direct award and what framework was accessed?
Tender.
10. Is specialist seating provision included in the WCS provision? If not, who is the provider, and what are the contract value, duration, end date and new tender release date?
Specialist seating is not in WCS provision. This would be provided by community equipment contracts, City and County are both under separate contracts.
DDICB is lead commissioner in city, New tender release date not known at this time. Medequip Assistive Technologies Ltd, commenced on 1 July 2021 for an initial period up to 30 November 2023. Specialist seating is not given a specific value within the contracts so only the total contract value is known. Derbyshire County Council are the lead commissioners for the County community equipment contract.
11. Is Children’s and adults’ wheelchair provision/ maintenance within the same contract? If not could you please provide the requested metrics for each?
Yes.
12. What is the number of patients served? (Current number and contractual target) 2021/22
Contract target: 4,428
Actual number: 4,272
13. What share of the current WCS-AR expenditure currently spent by NHS facilities (i.e. insourced) will be tendered to outsourced providers in the next contractual cycle?
None.
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Derby and Derbyshire ICB
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