Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Secure Patient Transport
Notice Description
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust are looking to develop a multi-agency collaborative to provide a Secure Patient Transport service for patients detained under the Mental Health Act sectioned and voluntary patient at risk of absconding, causing harm to themselves, causing harm to others and in the interest of safety.<br/><br/>The Contract is for the supply of secure vehicle patient transportation Service. This will be 24 hours per day, 365 days per year during the period of the contract including Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays and the service provided must be promptly executed. Vehicles must be available day and night to provide the service to the Trusts as required.<br/><br/>The Expected service commencement date is 1st of April 2026 and the duration of this contract will be 3 years, plus 2 years extension option.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust are looking to develop a multi-agency collaborative to provide a Secure Patient Transport service for patients detained under the Mental Health Act sectioned and voluntary patient at risk of absconding, causing harm to themselves, causing harm to others and in the interest of safety.
This will be 24 hours per day, 365 day per year including Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday during the period of the contract and the service provided must be executed within 1 hour of the requested booking. Vehicles must be available day and night to provide the service to the Trusts as required as per the following:
- Core Hours: 07:01 to 19:00
- Out of Hours: 19:01 to 07:00
The duration of this contract will be 3 years, plus 2 years extension option.
Provider (s) who express interest can access a copy of the Invitation to Tender Packs as well as the service specification on the Atamis e-Tendering Portal which can be accessed at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, Atamis Tender reference C405989.
The Trusts invite Provider(s) to register their interest and submit bids through the Atamis portal by Midnight on the 26/01/2026.
The route to market for this service falls in-scope of the Provider Selection Regime competitive process.
Any questions asked by Provider(s) must be submitted thorough the Atamis portal only and the Trust will publish anonymised answers through the same. The closing date for questions is 08/01/2026 by 17:00
All information provided to the Provider(s) by BSOL Procurement shall be regarded as
confidential and used only to prepare a response to this tender.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f8ad
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084191-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
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
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,700,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £7,700,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 26 Jan 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Armelle Wollo
- Contact Email
- armelle.wollo@uhb.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 01213716817
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BIRMINGHAM
- Postcode
- B1 3RB
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG31 Birmingham
- Delivery Location
- TLG3 West Midlands
-
- Local Authority
- Birmingham
- Electoral Ward
- Soho & Jewellery Quarter
- Westminster Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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