Published date: 30 January 2025

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.


Closing: 3 March 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Taxi services - 60120000

Location of contract

HU3 2JZ

Value of contract

£493,422.21

Procurement reference

CF-2831600D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

30 January 2025

Closing date

3 March 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 June 2025

Contract end date

31 May 2028

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

The Trust has a requirement for the provision of Taxi Transport Service and a GSM Taxi Free Phone service. The Trust has a separate courier contract in place for the movement of goods between its sites on a fixed timetable.
To supplement this the Trust also requires the provision of a 24-hour, 7 days a week, 365/6 days a year taxi service to enable more urgent and flexible movement of Staff, Patients and the movement of goods/ equipment between the Trust Sites.
There is an expectation that the successful company must be able to deal with requests for numerous journeys simultaneously when required.

There is a requirement for patients to be collected from their home address, these journeys will be booked by Trust.

All taxi requests are made through the Trust's Transport Helpdesk and details logged on the Trust's system. Total annual taxi bookings for 2024 were 7429.

The Trust also requires a GSM Taxi Free Phone service, which must be installed and operated at no charge to the Trust.

The Trust requires one supplier to provide both services. (taxi transport service and a GSM Taxi Free Phone service). From January 2024 to December 2024 the phone line was used 6,847 times.

All requirements are described with the specification of requirements.


More information

Additional text

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk


About the buyer

Contact name

Hannah Loftus

Address

Anlaby Road
Hull
HU3 2JZ
GB

Email

h.loftus@nhs.net