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Published 17 Jul 2023, 17:09 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NHS funded patient transport service

Official notice

Authority: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£28,770,750exc. VAT
Submissions closed 31 Aug 2023awarded 19 Jan 2024
Awarded to HEALTH TRANSPORTATION GROUP UK LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The aim of this project is to procure an NHS funded patient transport service for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly that includes:

  • non-emergency patient transport
  • secure mental health transport
  • high dependency transport
  • car service
  • Isles of Scilly service

The service will provide people relevant access to the right type of transport for their health needs, improved quality of services and value for money.

The envelope is £28,770,750 excluding VAT

CPV: Ambulance services · Patient-transport vehicles · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£28,770,750
Delivery: South West
Extensions: Option to extend for 2 x 12 monthsVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 85%Social value: 15%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Service Delivery: 45%
  • Workforce: 10%
  • Business and contract management: 20%
  • Quality and clinical governance: 10%
  • Social value: 15%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Service Delivery: 45
  • Workforce: 10
  • Business and contract management: 20
  • Quality and clinical governance: 10
  • Social value: 15
  • Price: 0

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 Jul 2023, 17:09 BST
Last source update
19 Jan 2024, 12:04 GMT
Award evaluation window
31 Aug 2023 – …
Authority reference
51408
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-001898
Classification (CPV)
Ambulance servicesPatient-transport vehiclesTransport services (excl. Waste transport)
Delivery area
South West (UKK30)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e2ab Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Potential Providers who progress to view the advert and accompanying tender documents (whether they decide to propose a solution or not), at that point are agreeing to keep all tender information confidential and will not copy, reproduce, distribute or pass the information to any other person at any time.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
31 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
31 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

31 Aug 2023 → 19 Jan 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    31 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    31 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    19 Jan 2024, 12:04 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 Jan 2024, 12:04 GMT
Published amendments (1)

The tender deadline has been extended to noon on Thursday 14 September 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £28,770,7501 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 53 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Jan 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
HEALTH TRANSPORTATION GROUP UK LIMITED51408 - NHS funded non-emergency patient transport service£28,770,750 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care B Chy Trevail, Beacon Technology Park, , Bodmin, South West, PL31 2FRContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • CEDRReview body LondonContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.