CP1185-15 Provision of Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System

Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service – Provider must be CQC Registered and Inspected:

Lot 4:

Strand 1: Mainstream NEPTS – Stretcher/Wheelchair.

A standard Mainstream NEPTS service taking patients who require simple manual handling, e.g., movement from a wheelchair to a carry-chair for access up or down stairs and then back into a wheelchair. This service will also take complex dementia, with passengers who may exhibit disinhibited or aggressive behaviour.

Strand 2: NEPTS-PLUS service.

A new concept of NEPTS based on a cohort of patients that require more than standard NEPTS. The specification is for an enhanced level of equipment on board the vehicle and enhanced training to utilise the equipment to manage:

Specialist manual handling including:

• Bariatric and access to Super-Bariatric equipment
• Complex manual handling e.g., extraction from difficult access when “off-legs” for access to healthcare.

Higher levels of oxygen usage without clinical input e.g., acute discharge on 15ltrs going to home or hospice.

Management of patients requiring a NEW-Score transferring

Basic Management of airways

Crews do not need to be formally qualified but will require a bespoke level of certification to use the equipment on the vehicle. As a new model of delivery, the NHS Devon and Devon County Council will work with bidders in the development of this, within an agreed timescale.

Strand 3: Qualified Crew ambulance

A service, to deliver sub-999 transfers, Inter-Facility Transfers (IFT) both local and long-distance e.g., a cardiac inpatient in a Devon hospital transferred to a London Acute as part of a planned pathway of treatment. This will run a core service of 7-days a week nominally 10am to 8pm with higher levels of capacity midweek and skeleton cover at the weekend. Some journeys may need to vary the core hours. Qualified to cover FREC 4 – Paramedic.

Bidders can also choose to remain on the DPS as ad-hoc providers bidding for small blocks of work, as and when they are offered.

Procurement for NEPTS under Lot 4 (Ambulance Transport to include qualified crew) of the Devon County Council Provision of Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System, will be for a 5 year plus 4 year extension contract. Full specifications and details of the Quality schedule will be posted on the Devon County Council Provision of Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System. Contact Devon County Council for further details (transportcoordinationservicetransporttenders-mailbox@devon.gov.uk or 01392 382124 to speak to Tim Hamblin).

It is expected that successful bidders will show how they can work with Commissioners to manage:

The development of low-carbon, zero-carbon solutions and the potential for Carbon-Offset.

Development of winter and inclement weather solutions to maintain services whilst appropriately responding to Highways and Police advice.

Further developments in transport as part of:

• National developments
• The development of the NHS Devon partnership with Devon County Council and developing improvements in local transport, for example through the Government’s National Bus Strategy