Stale Pre-tender

Blackpool Community Equipment Service

Details

Buyer: Blackpool Council
Topic: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Published: 17 October 2025
Submission: 3 November 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

This notice is for pre-market engagement to assess the market as part of procurement planning. Blackpool Council is seeking to engage with interested suppliers of community equipment for children and adults, and those suppliers who have the capability to reuse and recycle existing equipment, or provide servicing of equipment. There is no commitment at this stage to proceed with any procurement procedure. All information provided is purely for information and should the authority proceed to a competitive process, the market will be notified via the relevant transparency notices under PA23. Any dates, timescales or contract values are indicative only and subject to revision.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published17 October 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Blackpool Council buys as a local authority through its corporate procurement team. Larger contracts are split into smaller lots so small and voluntary sector suppliers can compete equally.

Healthcare services are commissioned separately under the Provider Selection Regime, with contracting activity summarised each year.

Over the past 5 years, most of Blackpool Council's contract awards have been in construction work, repair and maintenance and health and social work.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov