Award

Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS)

STAFFORDSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT

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31 Aug 2023 at 15:01

Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Staffordshire and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit has awarded a contract for the provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board. This contract covers Cheshire, Warrington, and Wirral and includes planned patient transport, unplanned patient transport, and enhanced priority service transport. The contract period is from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025. The procurement process was a direct award under the Light Touch Regime with a value of £11,300,000 GBP.

This tender opportunity for Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) can be beneficial for transport service providers looking to expand their business. Health transport service providers with experience in delivering patient transport services in the North West region of the UK would be well-suited to compete for this contract. The extension of the current contracts aims to ensure service continuity until a new service can be commissioned, incorporating any new national requirements identified in the evolving specifications.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS)

Notice 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). Additional information: 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.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-2d175c85-29de-45db-bdb0-384211feb238
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/efdc6832-7019-40ee-a439-8aefbfa9c9f2
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Other - Direct Award under Light Touch Regime
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

CPV Codes

60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£11,300,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£11,300,000 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Aug 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
31 Jul 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
21 Aug 20232 years ago
Contract Period
31 Mar 2024 - 31 Mar 2025 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
STAFFORDSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WARRINGTON
Postcode
WA1 1QY
Post Town
Warrington
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD6 Cheshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD61 Warrington
Delivery Location
TLD North West (England)
Local Authority
Warrington
Electoral Ward
Bewsey and Whitecross
Westminster Constituency
Warrington South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

WEST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Further Information

Notice Documents

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