Notice Information
Notice Title
WPL05849 - UHS Taxi Service
Notice Description
Southampton General Hospital (SGH), part of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, is exploring opportunities to enhance its patient, visitor, and staff transport options through improved taxi service provision. As a major acute hospital serving the South Coast and beyond, SGH experiences a high volume of daily journeys, and ensuring reliable, safe, and accessible transport is essential to delivering a positive experience for all site users. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1002918032
Planning Information
The contracting Authority will be holding Teams slots with the relevant department to discuss and understand the appetite, capabilities and capacity of suitable suppliers who could provide a service to the Trust. This will then provide insight into the most appropriate procurement strategy to follow. UHS are looking to hold these sessions week commencing 21st July 2025. Please submit any expressions of interest via email to Maha.Arshad@wpl.uhs.nhs.uk by Tuesday 15th July, making sure you include the email addresses of those who wish to attend. A time slot will then be allocated to you and a Teams invite sent out.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055775
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085431-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Dec 20251 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 30 Jan 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 9 Jan 20262 weeks to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Holly Gooderham-Pearson
- Contact Email
- holly.gooderham@wpl.uhs.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SOUTHAMPTON
- Postcode
- SO16 6YD
- Post Town
- Southampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ32 Southampton
- Delivery Location
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
-
- Local Authority
- Southampton
- Electoral Ward
- Shirley
- Westminster Constituency
- Southampton Test
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085431-2025
22nd December 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036747-2025
2nd July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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