Notice Information
Notice Title
Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) for Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership
Notice Description
Non-emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) provides pre-planned and on-day (unplanned) transport to support Bradford District and Craven eligible patients to access NHS funded care. The service provides for a wide range of patient mobilities, requiring a variety of vehicle types consistent with the patient's medical needs.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Contract Authority; NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board intends to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C. The authority is publishing this notice in Find a Tender in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime.
Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) for Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership
Contract Term: 01/04/26 to 31/03/28 (2 years) Additional 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 or The Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 26 March 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the PSR.'
Written representations should be sent to wyicb-kirk.procurement@nhs.net
Decision Maker: Bradford District and Craven Health Care Partnership ELT
The service was evaluated against the PSR Key Criteria (weighted equally) using narrative based evidence service review
using assessment based evidence. This includes the performance of the provider (the Lakeside Travel Services/ta Transcare) against the contractual Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
The existing provider is satisfying the contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
There were no conflicts of Interest identified.
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 or The Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 26 March 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the PSR.'
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066ad3
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026141-2026
- 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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
85143000 - Ambulance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,423,404 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Mar 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Mar 20263 weeks 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
- NHS WEST YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WAKEFIELD
- Postcode
- WF1 1LT
- Post Town
- Wakefield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE4 West Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE45 Wakefield
- Delivery Location
- TLE41 Bradford
-
- Local Authority
- Wakefield
- Electoral Ward
- Wakefield North
- Westminster Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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