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BHTA members involved in stairlifts, lifting equipment, and home adaptations are encouraged to review a new North Yorkshire Council tender for the supply, installation, servicing, and maintenance of stairlifts and through floor lifts under its Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) scheme.
The tender is suitable for SMEs able to provide the relevant services in accordance with the council’s specification.
The contract is divided into two lots covering stairlifts and through floor lifts.
Lot 1 – Stairlifts has an estimated value of £3.5 million excluding VAT. It covers straight and curved stairlifts, including surveys, installation, servicing, maintenance, repairs, associated electrical works, recycling, refurbishment, storage, and reinstallation.
Lot 2 – Through floor lifts has an estimated value of £1.5 million excluding VAT. It covers surveys, supply, installation, servicing, maintenance, and repairs in domestic properties, alongside associated building and electrical works, testing, commissioning, and user training.
Both lots require a minimum five-year warranty, emergency repairs, and customer support.
Suppliers may bid for and be awarded a maximum of one lot. The lot values are indicative, and expenditure may vary according to actual service demand.
Tenders will be evaluated on price at 60 percent and quality at 40 percent.
Quality comprises resources at 6 percent, contract management at 6 percent, emergency response and warranty at 10 percent, method statement at 10 percent, and social value and environmental sustainability at 8 percent.
Submit tenders through YORtender by 12pm on 15 September 2026. Clarification questions must be submitted through the portal by 12pm on 8 September 2026.
Access the associated tender documents.
For general procurement enquiries, contact procurement@northyorks.gov.uk.
BHTA members involved in home adaptations, accessibility, and independent living solutions are encouraged to review a new tender opportunity from Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council for the provision of minor adaptations services.
The council is seeking a supplier to deliver low-level, non-structural adaptations designed to improve accessibility, reduce risk, support mobility, and help residents with activities of daily living.
The contract covers services in the Barnsley, Doncaster, and Rotherham region.
The appointed provider will deliver an end-to-end minor adaptations service, from managing referrals and appointments through to supplying materials, installing adaptations, communicating with residents, and completing contract and performance reporting.
This tender is suitable for SMEs and VCSEs able to provide minor home adaptations and meet the minimum participation requirements set out in the tender documents.
The tender will be evaluated on quality at 50 percent, price at 45 percent, and social value at 5 percent.
Tenders must be submitted electronically through the EU Supply procurement portal.
Questions must be submitted by 5pm on 24 August 2026, and the tender submission deadline is 12pm on 9 September 2026.
For enquiries, contact Nina Thompson at ninathompson@barnsley.gov.uk.
BHTA members supplying mobility and daily living equipment are encouraged to review a new framework opportunity for Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI).
The Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service is managing the procurement on behalf of the Belfast, Northern, South Eastern, Southern, and Western Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland.
The framework covers 13 product lots. The two lots relevant to BHTA members are Lot 10, mobility, and Lot 12, daily living equipment.
Other lots cover products including alerting devices, assistive listening devices, and low vision equipment.
The buyer may increase the product range in response to service user requirements. There is no limit on the number of suppliers that can join the framework, and no fee will be charged to suppliers. Contracts may be awarded with or without further competition.
The estimated values below exclude VAT and may be shared with other lots:
This tender is suitable for SMEs and larger suppliers able to supply and deliver mobility or daily living equipment to health and social care services in Northern Ireland.
Product compliance with the specification and the product datasheet assessment will be evaluated on a pass or fail basis. The scored criteria are price at 90 percent and desirable sustainability criteria at 10 percent.
Submit tenders electronically through the eTendersNI portal by 3pm on 2 September 2026. The tender documents provide the full specifications and submission requirements.
For enquiries, contact Sourcing.PaLSCapital@hscni.net.