Notice Information
Notice Title
Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) - Croydon Health Services
Notice Description
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust intends to award a contract for the provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS), including outpatient, discharge, renal, bariatric, mental health, secure transport and high dependency transport services.<br/><br/>The contract is being awarded under Direct Award Process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The contract provides Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services for eligible patients requiring transport to and from healthcare services.
The service includes outpatient transport, discharge transport, renal transport, bariatric transport, mental health transport, secure transport and high dependency transport.
Following assessment under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, the Authority determined that Direct Award Process C is the appropriate award process.
Procurement Information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice published under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The award is being made using Direct Award Process C.<br/><br/>The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.<br/><br/>Croydon Health Services NHS Trust intends to observe the mandatory eight working day standstill period commencing on the day after publication of this notice.<br/><br/>Subject to no representations being received during the standstill period, the Trust intends to enter into the contract with the identified provider.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06d679
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071705-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award 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
-
- CPV Codes
60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
85143000 - Ambulance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £6,810,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Jul 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Jul 20261 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
- CROYDON HEALTH SERVICES NHS TRUST
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CROYDON
- Postcode
- CR7 7YE
- Post Town
- Croydon
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI6 Outer London - South
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI62 Croydon
- Delivery Location
- TLI62 Croydon
-
- Local Authority
- Croydon
- Electoral Ward
- West Thornton
- Westminster Constituency
- Croydon West
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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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