Published date: 2 May 2019

This notice was replaced on 18 August 2020

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 18 August 2020)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Support services for land, water and air transport - 63700000

Location of contract

Any region, North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_201690/751239

Published date

2 May 2019

Closing date

7 June 2019

Contract start date

1 September 2020

Contract end date

31 August 2026

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?

No

Description

Transport for NHSBT Personnel - 24/7/365
The requirements are to have a nationwide (UK) provider that the SNODs can call to book transport to and from donor hospitals across the UK. The service will provide transport for a SNOD within a defined period from booking and transport the SNOD to their destination.
SNODs may require transportation from rural areas, therefore the need to use 4x4 transportation may be required in poor weather conditions: the urgent nature of organ donation means that delays can impact on life-saving transplantation.
The service will also be used to support the on-call movement of other on call NHSBT staff.

Transport for Unaccompanied Organs, associated blood samples, other samples and tissue -24/7/365
This contract covers unaccompanied movements from donating hospitals to receiving hospitals laboratories or tissue banks. Both NORS centres and non-NORs centres can arrange transport of organs, blood and tissue samples and tissue under this contract.
The National Organ Retrieval Service (NORS) retrieves organs from donors in hospitals across the UK and occasionally Europe. Most organs will be required to be transported to recipients in other transplant centres across the UK. Blood and tissue samples will be required to be transported to laboratories around the UK.
Human organs have a limited time that they remain viable once removed from the body and there may be urgency for the transportation of an organ. The provider will need to be trained in the use of blue light driving and have vehicles which are capable of this.
Organs are allocated to recipients anywhere in the UK and flights may be required to minimise transportation times. The provider will arrange and manage the full journey - the air element, and the road journey at either side.
Tissue will be required to be transported between mainland UK and Northern Ireland on a same-day service basis.

NORS Team Transport - 24/7/365
NORS teams are based in 14 hospitals across mainland UK. The national transport provision will move NORS teams and their equipment from their base hospital to the donor hospital.
The provider will have a vehicle capable of carrying at least five members of staff, as well as all required equipment. The vehicle must have adequate comfort to enable teams to relax on long journeys which can be 3-4 hours, or on some occasions longer.
The service will sometimes require the use of blue lights and the provider will need to be trained in the use of blue light driving and have vehicles which are capable of this. NORS teams must be ready to muster within 1 hour of being called and the transport provider must be responsive to this requirement.
NORS teams can be mobilised to any donor hospital in the UK and occasionally Europe. For this reason, the provider must be able to source flights at short notice and support the end to end journey of road, air, road for the full team and equipment.

More information

Links

Additional text

Hospital Links
https://nhsbtdbe.blob.core.windows.net/umbraco-assets-corp/15256/dat2319.pdf
https://nhsbtdbe.blob.core.windows.net/umbraco-assets-corp/15254/dat2321.pdf
Donor hospital allocation for mobilisation of the NORS Teams, split by Teams.
https://nhsbtdbe.blob.core.windows.net/umbraco-assets-corp/15255/dat2318.pdf
https://nhsbtdbe.blob.core.windows.net/umbraco-assets-corp/15257/dat2320.pdf

About the buyer

Contact name

Jan Allen

Address

500 Northway
North Bristol Park, Filton, Bristol
BS34 7QH
England

Email

janice.allen@nhsbt.nhs.uk