Notice Information
Notice Title
Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport - NECTAR
Notice Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals appointed IAS Medical to deliver and supply an ambulance fleet and drivers to assist in providing a sustainable transport service for the movement of patients throughout the North East and Cumbria. The patient transport Provider will be flexible, adaptable and resilient and will work in partnership with NECTAR to ensure that the service is able to respond to the changing landscape of health service delivery.<br/><br/>The Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport contract will start on 01 July 2025 with an initial term of 5 years to 30 June 2030 with two options for 12 month extension. <br/><br/>Value - PS12,189,581.60 ex VAT including potential extensions
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals is inviting tenders for the provision of Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport for NECTAR. The process will be conducted using the Competitive Procedure allowed for within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) 2023.
Renewal: The contract term is for 60 months with the option of 2 x 12 month extensions.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04873e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016111-2025
- 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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £10,500,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £10,500,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £12,189,581 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Apr 202510 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 6 Sep 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 18 Mar 202511 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Owen O'Reilly
- Contact Email
- owen.oreilly@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- +44 1912137644
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- Postcode
- NE7 7DN
- Post Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 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
- TLC22 Tyneside
-
- Local Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Electoral Ward
- Dene & South Gosforth
- Westminster Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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