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Notice published 1 Sep 2025

Procurement Act 2023 notice

The Provision of First Aid and Medical Supplies

Lancashire County Council

Buyer
Lancashire County Council
Latest stage
contract
Latest notice
1 Sept 2025
Stated contract period
Not stated to Not stated
Award period
Not stated to Not stated
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050fb5
Procurement method
open
Official notice ↗

Payments Transparency Register ↗. Search the register for OCID ocds-h6vhtk-050fb5. The Payments Transparency Register publishes payments under public contracts commenced after 31 March 2026 that fall under Section 70 of the Procurement Act 2023. Contracting authorities must publish information about any payment of more than £30,000, including VAT. Values on the register exclude VAT. This site does not republish those payments.

Held original notices: Contracts Finder to 9 November 2026. Find a Tender originals run from 24 February 2025 through 10 November 2026 exclusive, including the L1 gap package from 17 August 2026, with supplementary packages for part of 16 to 23 August 2026. The official notice may have changed. Check Find a Tender search if it cannot be opened.

Which stages have a stated date?

2 of the six stages have a date on the held notices. A gap means no held notice states that date; it does not mean the stage did not happen.

  1. Planning noticeNo planning notice is held.
  2. Tender noticePublication date of the first held tender notice.
  3. Tender deadline
  4. Award dateNot stated on the held notice.
  5. Contract startNot stated on the held notice.
  6. Contract endNot stated on the held notice.

Source: held original Find a Tender notices 020062-2025, 045277-2025, 052938-2025, read offline: stage notices, tender period, awards and the stated contract period.

What the held notices state

Tender deadline
4 Jun 2025
Process status
Complete
Regime
Procurement Act 2023, stated as UKPGA 2023/54
Procurement method
Open procedure
Stated reason for the method
Not stated on the held notice
Number of bids
3 (Lot 1)
Above the procurement threshold
Yes
Framework agreement
Not stated on the held notice
Marked suitable for small firms
Not stated on the held notice

Awards

  • Award. Status: Active. Award date: Not stated on the held notice. Lot 1.

    • Bunzl UK Ltd t/as Care Shop: Large

Lots

Source: held Find a Tender notices 020062-2025, 045277-2025, 052938-2025.
LotTitleStatusContract periodLatest possible end
Lot 1Not stated on the held noticeCompleteNot stated on the held noticeNot stated on the held notice

Options and renewal

  • Contract, options: Yes

    The contract will have an initial term of 24 months, with the option to extend beyond the initial term to a maximum of a further 24 months.

  • Contract, renewal: Yes

    The Agreement is available for an initial period of 2 years with an option to extend up to a maximum 4 year contract period, following which there may or may not be an opportunity for a re procurement. The Agreement included within the Tender Documents outlines any relevant break clauses or periods within the awarded term where a re procurement could occur. Any re procurement will be at the discretion of the contracting Authority and will be completed compliantly.

Source: held original Find a Tender notices 020062-2025, 045277-2025, 052938-2025, read offline. Each field shows what the latest held notice stating it says. Not stated means no held notice for this process states it. A size is shown only where the notice states it for that supplier.

Contract period

No contract period with a start and a later end is stated. Option and renewal wording is shown above where a held notice states it.

Notice description

The contract is to provide First Aid and Medical Supplies to the Authority. The contract covers a range of goods, which include the following categories: Beds and Furniture, Cleaning Janitorial & Laundry Equipment, Continence Management, Gloves, House Keeping, Infection Control, Medical, Medical Equipment, Moving and Handling Equipment, Paper, Patient Care, Pressure Area Care, Textiles, Toilet and Bathroom Equipment, Wipes. Currently, the goods are predominately supplied into the Authority's Older People Care Service and Disability Service; however, it is expected that any service within the Authority should be able to access the agreement as and when required.

Contact removal rule: contacts/1.

Separate stated values

Estimate 1

Not stated

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

Award amount 2

Not stated

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

No ceiling or maximum amount is in this export. The official notice is the place to read one.

Held stage events

  1. : tender
  2. : award
  3. : contract
  4. : award
  5. : contract

Dates are the publication dates of the held stage notices. This is not a complete release history. The tender deadline is shown above where a held notice states it.

Suppliers

  • Bunzl UK Ltd t/as Care Shop
    GB-PPON: PNND-7658-DBJG

This list gathers every supplier named on any held award. Each award and its suppliers are shown above. Names without an organisation identity remain withheld pending review.

Sources

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Find a Tender
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Licence
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Retrieved
Original retrieval time not recorded
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Publisher
Find a Tender
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Licence
Not recorded in held file
Retrieved
Original retrieval time not recorded
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Publisher
Find a Tender
SHA256
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Licence
Not recorded in held file
Retrieved
Original retrieval time not recorded
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Publisher
Find a Tender
SHA256
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Licence
See held source file
Retrieved
Original retrieval time not recorded

Coverage and the source register.

What this export cannot show

Award values are not linked to a named supplier, and no ceiling or maximum amount is shown. Those facts stay on the official notice when the notice publishes them. A tender deadline, award dates, supplier sizes, lots, and option or renewal wording appear on contract pages only where a held notice states them. A held process counts as last at tender or planning only when that is the latest stage among the held releases. Where more than one supplier is named, the names are joint and no share is stated.