Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Secure Patient Transport
Notice Description
Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust have awarded a contract to Secure Care UK Limited under the Provider Selection Regime via a competitve process for a period of 36 months plus 2 x 12 month optional extensions. Secure Care UK Limited will provide patient transport services. This involves transferring users from one facility to another for the purposes of, for example, relocation or to receive treatment in an inpatient setting.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust have awarded a contract to Secure Care UK Limited under the Provider Selection Regime via a competitve process for a period of 36 months plus 2 x 12 month optional extensions. The intent to award letters were published on 18th June 2025 and no representations were made during the standstill period. The contract award date will be 1st August 2025 and there will be a mobilisation period before contract commencement with an estimated contract start date of 1 st November 2025. The panel consisted of: Contract manager Principle Finance Business Partner 2 x Crisis Team Manager No conflicts of interest were declared. The winning bidder scored highest overall and provided a good response that contained good details and understanding.
Renewal: 2 x 1 year extension available
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04885d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044613-2025
- 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
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
34114121 - Ambulances
34114122 - Patient-transport vehicles
34114210 - Prisoner-transport vehicles
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 Jul 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Sep 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 20 Jan 20251 years 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
- TEES, ESK AND WEAR VALLEYS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Gemma Harland, Julie Fretter
- Contact Email
- cddft.procurementbusinesscase@nhs.net, gemma.harland@nhs.net, julie.fretter@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DARLINGTON
- Postcode
- DL2 2TS
- Post Town
- Darlington
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC3 Tees Valley
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC33 Darlington
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Darlington
- Electoral Ward
- Brinkburn & Faverdale
- Westminster Constituency
- Darlington
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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