Tender: Prosthetics and Orthotics Rehabilitation Service Contract – Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC)

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Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) is seeking a contractor to provide an on-site prosthetic and orthotic rehabilitation service delivering prosthetic provision after primary amputation for upper and lower limbs, management of established prosthetic users with complex needs or high-level demands, and care for patients with complex orthopaedic, musculoskeletal and neurological conditions requiring orthotic devices. The service will support the IDT (Interdisciplinary Team) approach for severely injured service personnel, operate from a purpose-built prosthetics and orthotics department with clinical, administrative, manufacturing and workshop capabilities, and serve both inpatients and outpatients to minimise timescales and maximise rehabilitation potential. The authority is tendering a 4-year contract starting 01 Apr 2027 with an option to extend up to 24 months; the contractor must supply a prosthetic and orthotic management IT system, ensure all staff have Disclosure and Barring Service checks and National Security Vetting security checks, deliver core clinical hours 0800–1700 Monday–Thursday and 0800–1330 Friday with routine and emergency appointments within normal working hours (no out-of-hours requirement), and provide additional prosthetist, orthotist and technician capacity at short notice if surge capability is invoked.