Tender Summary

Non Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) for North West England

Buying Organisation

STAFFORDSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT

Contract Value

£465,506,328

Tender Description

Midlands and Lancashire CSU is working with NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB); NHS Greater Manchester ICB; NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB; and NHS North East and North CUMBRIA ICB who are looking to undertake a procurement for the provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) to cover Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and Cumbria delivering:
- Planned Patient Transport - for routine outpatient appointments
- Unplanned Patient Transport - for discharges / short notice bookings
- Enhanced Priority Service Transport -for time critical transport for patients attending for haemodialysis or oncology treatments
The contract is to be split into 3 LOTs covering the following geographical areas:
LOT 1 - Cheshire and Merseyside
LOT 2 - Greater Manchester
LOT 3 - Lancashire and Cumbria

Bidders are invited to bid for one, two or all of the LOTs available.

The value of the contract is£58,188,291 per annum across all 3 LOTs. A further breakdown of the contract values per LOT is below:
LOT 1: Cheshire and Merseyside
Annual Value: £21,786,724; Total Contract Value: £174,293,792
LOT 2: Greater Manchester
Annual Value: £17,314,806; Total Contract Value: £138,518,448
LOT 3: Lancashire and Cumbria
Annual Value: £19,086,761; Total Contract Value: £152,694,088
TOTAL OF ALL LOTs Annual Value:£58,188,291
TOTAL OF ALL LOTs Total Value:£465,506,328

For this procurement, the Authority may seek clarification on bids that are more than 10% lower or 10% higher than the financial envelope per LOT quoted above. Following clarification, it will reserve the right not to consider Bids that are either above the affordability threshold or unusually low.
The awarded contract(s) will be for an initial 5-year period with the option to extend for a further 3-year period.

To access the tender documentation and apply for this opportunity, please visit https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

Tender categories (products & services required)

Transport services (excl. Waste transport) (CPV 60000000)

Region

North West (UKD)

Buyer Information