Published date: 22 January 2024

Last edited date: 22 January 2024

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: 21 February 2024, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

Location of contract

NR1 2DH

Value of contract

£78,547,000

Procurement reference

CF-2129000D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

22 January 2024

Closing date

21 February 2024

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 October 2024

Contract end date

30 September 2031

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to express their interest in delivering Non- Emergency Patient Transport services (NEPTS) for eligible Norfolk and Waveney patients across NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB.

The aim of this service is to provide Non-Emergency Transport for eligible Norfolk and Waveney patients with a medical need, between their places of residence, community and acute settings transporting patients in safe, timely, comfortable and clinically appropriate transport without detriment to their medical condition. This includes all Mental health transport, both secure and non-secure. There is a need for the NEPTS Provider in the post-COVID pandemic to be able to respond to rapidly changing regional demand
patterns to cater for the patient, the Acute Trusts, Community partners, Mental health partners and other stakeholder partners across Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS).

It is anticipated that the contract period will an initial be for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further two years, commencing 1st October 2024.

The Services to which this Procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020). As such, the procurement of the Services is being run as a bespoke,
single stage application process akin to the Open procedure, involving a number of stages which are outlined within the suite of procurement documents. The Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services.

To access the eProcurement portal to access relevant documentation relating this opportunity, please follow the instructions below:
1. Go to https://health family.force.com/s/Welcome (and click the link to register (If your
organisation has not registered previously)
2. Once registered, login into the system and look for 'C235808 - NW2024-49 Non Emergency Patient Transport Service - NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB'

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:
Phone: 0800 9956035

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

NW2024-49 Non Emergency Patient Transport Service - NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICS

  • Opportunity
  • Published 22 January 2024

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

Procurement Lead

Address

NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB, County Hall, Martineau Ln
Norwich
NR1 2DH
GB

Email

agem.norfolkprocurement@nhs.net