Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) - Taxi Support Services for PTS Lincolnshire Region
Authority: East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (Central government)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionEast Midlands Ambulance Service are seeking suppliers to provide patient journeys as part of the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) Taxi Support Service for the PTS Lincolnshire Region including along borders of neighbouring counties and to other locations as required.
The tender should be awarded as separate lots and providers may bid for one or number of the lots if they are able to provide the necessary service within that area.
- Lot 1 PTS Lincolnshire North
- Lot 2 PTS Lincolnshire - Central
- Lot 3 PTS Lincolnshire - South-West
- Lot 4 PTS Lincolnshire - East and South-East
- Lot 5 PTS Lincolnshire - North-West
There may also be a requirement for National Repatriations and journeys to other point of care institutions within the United Kingdom
The contract shall be for an initial 3 year period with the option to extend for further 2 x 12 month periods.
- Recurrence: Either Three, Four or Five years (if options to extend taken)
CPV: Ambulance services · Taxi services
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · no lot values publishedApplies to lots 4, 5.
Provision of Taxi journeys may either be from the home of the patient to hospital and treatment centres, or vice versa, which include points of care that are situated within Derbyshire and other neighbouring counties and to other locations as required.
Lot #1PTS Lincolnshire - NorthRenewal
Provision of Taxi journeys may either be from the home of the patient to hospital and treatment centres, or vice versa, which include points of care that are situated within Derbyshire and other neighbouring counties and to other locations as required. Additional information: Estimated value includes the option years if these are taken up to the agreement of both parties.
Lot #2PTS Lincolnshire - CentralRenewal
Provision of Taxi journeys may either be from the home of the patient to hospital and treatment centres, or vice versa, which include points of care that are situated within Northamptonshire and other neighbouring counties and to other locations as required. Additional information: Estimated value includes the option years if these are taken up to the agreement of both parties.
Lot #3PTS Lincolnshire - SouthwestRenewal
Provision of Taxi journeys may either be from the home of the patient to hospital and treatment centres, or vice versa, which include points of care that are situated within Northamptonshire and other neighbouring counties and to other locations as required.
Lot #4PTS Lincolnshire - East and SouthRenewal
Lot #5PTS Lincolnshire - North-WestRenewal
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- Suitability
As per tender dicuments
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Yes · Either Three, Four or Five years (if options to extend taken)
- First published
- 31 Oct 2023, 12:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Oct 2023, 12:02 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Dec 2023 – …
- Authority reference
PN1190- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-032114- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041079Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As per tender documents
- Review procedure
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will allow a standstill period at the point the decision regarding the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The standstill period shall be in accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Regulations 49, Directives (2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) Part C Annex V. The Regulations provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the Regulations to take legal action. Any such action must be started in the High Court within the applicable limitation period. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow aggrieved parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered intoservice from which information about the lodging of.
Publisher note: PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES ENTITLED TO ACCESS THE AGREEMENT The initial Contract(s) awarded will be between the Authority and the Successful Supplier following the evaluation and approval process. However, all other primary beneficiaries of this Contract shall be entitled to join this agreement throughout the duration of the contact term as detailed within section A of the ITT The primary beneficiaries of this Contract will be the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS) Organisations (?ICSO?) as detailed below: -Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust -Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust -Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust -East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust?? -Nottingham City Care Partnership -Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust -Others as defines https://healthandcarenotts.co.uk/about-us/our-partners/ The aim of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS is to deliver sustainable, joined-up high quality health and social care services that maximise the health and wellbeing of the local population of more than a million, improve the care provided and tackle the growing pressure on budgets. It is intended that any wholly owned subsidiaries of any of the ICSOs within the ICS will have the ability to purchase from the Contract agreement. Any future ?successors in title? of any ICSO will be able to utilise the Contract. For the avoidance of doubt, ?successors in title? will include any successor to the Contracting Authorities and/or any organisation or entity which has taken over the functions and responsibilities of the Contracting Authorities within the ICS. The expression ?successors in title? also includes any organisation or separate legal entity that is formed as a result of the Contracting Authorities merging with or taking over or acquiring (or Contracting Authorities being taken over or acquired by) any other public body (including, without limitation, any other NHS Trust or NHS Foundation Trust). All ICSO may utilise this Contract without a stated commitment to the volumes of goods and services they will purchase as part of the agreement. Although the aim of this Contract is to provide access to an agreement that any ICSO can utilise to help drive economies of scale and a standardised approach, nothing in this Contract shall prohibit any ICSO from entering into contractual arrangements outside this agreement
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 1 Dec 2023, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 1 Dec 2023, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
31 Oct 2023 → 1 Dec 2023 · 3 dates- Notice published31 Oct 2023, 12:02 GMT
- Submission deadline1 Dec 2023, 13:00 GMT
- Bids opened1 Dec 2023, 13:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria