Official UK procurement notice
Non-Emergency Patient Transportation Service (NEPTS) for NHS Herefordshire CCG, NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG, NHS South Worcestershire CCG, NHS Wyre Forest CCG, and Associated Commissioners
Authority: NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Ambulance services · Patient-transport vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1In 2019 a formal competitive procurement took place to procure a Non-Emergency Patient…
In 2019 a formal competitive procurement took place to procure a Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service for the local area pursuant to the Light Touch Regime: this service was classified as clinical which came under the Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of those Regulations.
One contract was formally awarded, following a competitive tendering process, to EZEC MEDICAL, which is now trading as EMED GROUP LIMITED.
The contract commenced on 1st April 2020. The contract duration is five (5) years, with the option to extend for a further two (2) years, subject to agreement.
At the time of the procurement process, the commissioning organisations were NHS Herefordshire CCG, NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG, NHS South Worcestershire CCG, NHS Wyre Forest CCG, and Associated Commissioners. The aforementioned commissioning organisations have since transitioned into NHS Integrated Care Boards, and as such the above contract is held by NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board.
The date on which the modification described in this notice took effect was 1st April 2025.
This is a PSR contract modification notice, under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally modified.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jul 2025, 16:50 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jul 2025, 16:50 BST
- Authority reference
OJ S 68 2019 05 04/2019- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036943- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMED GROUP LIMITED | £35,225,756 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 036943-2025-OJ S 68 2019 05 04 2019-1 · EMED GROUP LIMITED
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2020
- Value
- £35,225,756
- Status
- active
- Change The existing contract is being modified to include an overnight non-emergency patient transport service for eligible patients residing in the county of Worcestershire. The value of the proposed modification to the aforementioned contract is £153,164.00 per annum. The total cumulative value of the proposed contact modification is £306,382.00 for the remaining 2-year period of the current contract. The value of the existing contract is £XXX per annum. This is XX% increase per annum in the total cumulative value of the contract being modified. Thus, the test for considerable change is not met, and the contract modification is not rendering the original contract materially different. The date on which the modification will took effect was 1st April 2025. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally modified., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: The above modification is attributable NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire ICB and does not materially alter the character of the contract, and the cumulative change in the lifetime of the contract, compared to when it was entered into, is under £500,000 and under 25%. This modification is permitted under Regulation 13 Section 1(d) and Section 2(a) and (b) of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations. (PSR Section 13: A contract or framework agreement for relevant health care services may be modified during its term without following a new procurement process under these Regulations where the modification does not render the contract or framework agreement materially different in character, and the cumulative change in the lifetime value of the contract or framework agreement since it was entered into or concluded is less than 25% of the lifetime value of the original contract or framework agreement when it was entered into or concluded.)
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- EMED GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.