Published date: 31 August 2023
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Contract summary
Industry
Transport services (excl. Waste transport) - 60000000
Location of contract
North West
Value of contract
£11,300,000
Procurement reference
WHISP-145#2
Published date
31 August 2023
Closing date
31 July 2023
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 April 2024
Contract end date
31 March 2025
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other: Direct Award under Light Touch Regime
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) are publishing this contract award notice on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) which has awarded a contract for the provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) to cover Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral, delivering:
- Planned Patient Transport - for routine outpatient appointments
- Unplanned Patient Transport - for discharges / short notice bookings, and
- Enhanced Priority Service Transport - for time critical transport for patients attending for haemodialysis or oncology treatments.
This contract award notice is for the direct award of contracts with the existing providers, 12 months from 1st April 2024 to the 31st March 2025.
The current NEPTS contracts were originally procured by competitive tender. There was then a delay in the recommissioning of these services due to the COVID-19 pandemic however work is now underway to develop a North West strategic approach to patient transport being commissioned by the newly formed ICBs that will meet both local and national requirements. To allow the timescales to complete this work and re-procure the service an extension of 12 months is required with the existing providers.
A review of the North West specifications is required to ensure it meets the evolving needs of the ICBs. In addition the National Review of NEPTS produced its final report on patient eligibility criteria in May 2022. This has broadened the criteria under which patients are able to access NHS funded transport and has required additional work on the specifications. The National Review has produced, and continues to produce, additional guidance to be adopted which will impact the North West specifications.
The rationale for the 12-month extension with the existing provider is that it will maintain the continuity of service until such time as a new service can be commissioned that will meet local requirements and incorporate any new national requirements. The extension is only a temporary arrangement to allow the appropriate timescales to re-procure the service (which have previously been delayed due to the pandemic and therefore events that were unforeseeable to the commissioners).
More information
Additional text
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This Contract Award Notice is published under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
Award information
Awarded date
22 August 2023
Contract start date
1 April 2024
Contract end date
31 March 2025
Total value of contract
£11,300,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
West Midlands Ambulance Service Nhs Foundation Trust
Address
Waterfront Way
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 1LX
GBReference
No reference - other
Value of contract
£11,300,000
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
MLCSU Procurement Team
Address
c/o NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
No 1 Lakeside, Centre Park
Warrington
WA1 1QY
England
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