Notice Information
Notice Title
Non Emergency Patient Transport -The Hillingdon Hospital
Notice Description
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust ("the Authority") required the provision of<br/>Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services.<br/>The Authority has awarded a contract, following a Direct Award - Process C, in<br/>accordance with The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023<br/>("PSR 2023").<br/>The authority has awarded this contract to (HATS Group Ltd.) <br/>The Authority believe the current supplier is satisfying the existing contract and will<br/>continue to satisfy the new contract to the required standard.<br/>The new contracting arrangements are not changing considerably.<br/>The contract term is 3 years which will start on 1st October 2025
Lot Information
Lot 1
The provider (HATS Group Ltd.) has been awarded this contract under PSR Direct Award C as it meets the requirements as follows:
The Authority believe the current supplier is satisfying the existing contract and will continue to satisfy the new contract to the required standard.
The new contracting arrangements are not changing considerably.
The contract term is 3 years which will start on 1st October 2025
Procurement Information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 16/09/2025 - 11:59 pm . This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059484
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057683-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85143000 - Ambulance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £5,895,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Sep 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Sep 20253 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 HILLINGDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- North West London Procurement Services
- Contact Email
- clcht.nwlicsps-sourcing-fm@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- UXBRIDGE
- Postcode
- UB8 3NN
- Post Town
- Southall
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon
- Delivery Location
- TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon
-
- Local Authority
- Hillingdon
- Electoral Ward
- Colham & Cowley
- Westminster Constituency
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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