Notice Information
Notice Title
SCH - Amber Lodge Patient Transport Service
Notice Description
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to engage a provider for the provision of patient transport services to support Amber Lodge, a specialist inpatient service for children and young people. Interested suppliers are invited to review the documents and respond as outlined.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The initial contract term shall be 3 years with the potential for 2(1+1) Years in Contract extension.
Planning Information
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise in advance of a potential procurement for the provision of secure patient transport services for children and young people under the age of 16, specifically to support Amber Lodge, a specialist inpatient service. The purpose of this engagement is to understand the market's capacity and capability to deliver this service, and to gather insights to help shape the Trust’s procurement strategy and service specification. The Trust is seeking feedback on the following areas: - Potential routes to market and contracting options - Draft service specification - Pricing structure options
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-052a23
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032874-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
34114122 - Patient-transport vehicles
60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £60,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £60,000 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Apr 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Feb 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Jun 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 21 May 2026 - 22 May 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Cancelled
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHEFFIELD
- Postcode
- S10 2TH
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE32 Sheffield
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Sheffield
- Electoral Ward
- Broomhill and Sharrow Vale
- Westminster Constituency
- Sheffield Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032874-2026
10th April 2026 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007809-2026
29th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007808-2026
29th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006606-2026
26th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028948-2025
30th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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