---
title: "Out of Hours, Secure Transport Service for Devon Partnership Trust"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0561f9"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "DEVON PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST"
published: "2025-07-18"
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# Out of Hours, Secure Transport Service for Devon Partnership Trust

Buyer: DEVON PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0561f9

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## Summary

Devon Partnership NHS Trust has awarded a contract for the "Out of Hours, Secure Transport Service" within the industry category of Health Services. Based in Exeter, the Trust operates in the South West of England. The procurement stage is the Award phase, with the contract officially awarded on 18th July 2025. The direct procurement method was employed, operating below the competition threshold. The contract will commence on 30th July 2025 and run until 19th January 2026. The contract was granted to the Therapeutic Response, Health Transportation Group (HTG-UK) located in Lincoln, valued at £162,604.

This procurement offers significant business growth opportunities for companies in the health transportation sector, particularly those specialising in secure patient transport services. Larger organisations with the capability to provide comprehensive and reliable out-of-hours services will particularly benefit from such contracts. As the Trust plans to conduct a full retender to award a longer-term contract in the summer of 2025, businesses should prepare to compete in this future opportunity, potentially necessitating strategic positioning and capacity building to enhance service delivery in response to public authority needs.

## Notice

Devon Partnership NHS Trust ("DPT") is awarding a new Six (6) month term contract for the provision of an Out of Hours, Secure Transport Service This new contract will commence on 20/07/2025 The provider was originally awarded a Six (6) month term contract, commencing January 2025 following a tender process ran against Lot 4 (Ambulance Transport) of Devon County Council's CP1185-15 Provision of Passenger Transport DPS During the term of this new contract, DPT will undertake a full competitive retender process to award a new longer term contract. This is expected to commence Summer 2025

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041229-2025 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Jul 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Jul 2025 |
| Contract period | 29 Jul 2025 - 19 Jan 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £162,604 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEVON PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST |
| Locality | EXETER |
| Post town | Exeter |
| Postcode | EX2 5AF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon |
| ITL 3 | TLK43 Devon CC |
| Local authority | Exeter |
| Electoral ward | Priory |
| Westminster constituency | Exeter |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE, HEALTH TRANSPORTATION GROUP (HTG-UK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 18 Jul 2025 at 10:14 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041229-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041229-2025
  18th July 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://therapeuticresponse.co.uk/
- https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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