Notice Information
Notice Title
Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) for North West England
Notice Description
Midlands and Lancashire CSU is working with NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB); NHS Greater Manchester ICB; NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB; and NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB who are looking to award a contract for the provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) to cover Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and Cumbria delivering: - Planned Patient Transport - for routine outpatient appointments - Unplanned Patient Transport - for discharges / short notice bookings - Enhanced Priority Service Transport - for time critical transport for patients attending for haemodialysis or oncology treatments The contract is to be split into 3 LOTs covering the following geographical areas: LOT 1 - Cheshire and Merseyside LOT 2 - Greater Manchester LOT 3 - Lancashire and Cumbria
Lot Information
Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) for Cheshire & Merseyside
The Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) will deliver: - Planned Patient Transport - for routine outpatient appointments - Unplanned Patient Transport - for discharges / short notice bookings - Enhanced Priority Service Transport -for time critical transport for patients attending for haemodialysis or oncology treatments.
Renewal: There will be an initial 5-year contract period with the option to extend for a further 3-year period.
Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) for Greater ManchesterThe Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) will deliver: - Planned Patient Transport - for routine outpatient appointments - Unplanned Patient Transport - for discharges / short notice bookings - Enhanced Priority Service Transport -for time critical transport for patients attending for haemodialysis or oncology treatments.
Renewal: There will be an initial 5-year contract period with the option to extend for a further 3-year period.
Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) for Lancashire & CumbriaThe Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) will deliver: - Planned Patient Transport - for routine outpatient appointments - Unplanned Patient Transport - for discharges / short notice bookings - Enhanced Priority Service Transport -for time critical transport for patients attending for haemodialysis or oncology treatments.
Renewal: There will be an initial 5-year contract period with the option to extend for a further 3-year period.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03f8ff
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004178-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
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
- £465,506,328 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £465,506,328 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 12 Oct 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 7 Feb 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2033 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Cancelled
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Unsuccessful
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Additional Buyers
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
NHS GREATER MANCHESTER INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Helen Graham
- Contact Email
- mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WARRINGTON
- Postcode
- WA1 1QY
- Post Town
- Warrington
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC43 Tyneside
- Delivery Location
- TLD1 Cumbria, TLD3 Greater Manchester, TLD4 Lancashire, TLD6 Cheshire, TLD7 Merseyside
-
- Local Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Electoral Ward
- Lemington
- Westminster Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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