Published date: 4 March 2019

Last edited date: 4 March 2019

This notice was replaced on 3 January 2020

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Awarded contract (published 3 January 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Patient-transport vehicles - 34114122

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£1,650,000

Procurement reference

NON-EMERGENCY PTS SERVI - PROVISION OF A NON-EMERGENCY PTS SERVICE ON BEHALF OF NHS RICHMOND & K

Published date

4 March 2019

Closing date

1 April 2019

Contract start date

1 October 2019

Contract end date

30 September 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Invitations are now invited from suitably experienced and capable providers to deliver the provision of a Non-Emergency PTS Service.

Two separate services are being integrated into a singular contractual solution to support NHS Richmond & Kingston Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) who will act as the Contracting Authority.

The CCGs are offering a contract for 3 years with an option for this to be extended for up to a further 2 years, with the new integrated service intended to commence from 1 October 2019.

This service is for:

• Eligibility assessments for patients requiring PTS to community services for 'first' outpatient appointment and 'follow up' appointments or 'first appointment' / 'treatment' to an acute hospital.
• Patient Transport Booking
• Non-emergency patient transport (NEPT) for community appointments

This is for patients who are considered medically unfit to be transported by conventional means (i.e. own car, bus, walk, etc.) and require transport to or from their usual place of residence to a Trust facility, other hospitals, health centres, nursing homes and any other location deemed appropriate.

Full details about this service are provided within a suite of procurement documents which in addition to competitive procurement tender documents, includes a Service Specification to ensure potential bidders are fully informed as to the scope and intentions for this service and the commercial arrangements intended to support the contract.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

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About the buyer

Contact name

Christopher Waters

Address

Thames House, 180 High Street
Teddington
TW11 8HU
England

Email

Christopher.Waters@swlondon.nhs.uk