Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Non Emergency Patient Transport
Notice Description
The service covers in-scope journeys including inpatient discharges, transfers to discharge support facilities (e.g. Swindon Intermediate Care Centre, Fessey House), and patients registered with BSW ICB GPs, as well as wait-and-return journeys for hospital appointments and ad-hoc transfers authorised to support patient flow.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: 2 x 12 month optional extension periods
Renewal: 2 x 12 month optional extension periods
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055c65
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001735-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
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
- £3,201,963 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,201,963 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,187,493 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 8 Jan 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- GREAT WESTERN HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Daniel Dabrowski
- Contact Email
- d.dabrowski@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SWINDON
- Postcode
- SN3 6BB
- Post Town
- Swindon
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK71 Swindon
- Delivery Location
- TLK12 Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, TLK14 Swindon
-
- Local Authority
- Swindon
- Electoral Ward
- Ridgeway
- Westminster Constituency
- East Wiltshire
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001735-2026
9th January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038755-2025
9th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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