Official UK procurement notice
Trust Taxi Providers · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£1,750,000total for 3 lots · £2,100,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 1 Jul 2025
Lots 3max 2 won per supplier · max 2 to bid
Contract term 3 yrsends 17 Aug 2028 · up to 18 Aug 2030 with extensions · starts 18 Aug 2025
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionMid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Invitation to Tender for Taxi Services
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Aug 2028, 23:59 BST.
- No preliminary market engagement: No engagement
CPV: Taxi services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£1,750,000 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 2 and win at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1(SUFT)AwardedRenewalPublished value£583,333
Lot 2 – Southend University Hospital NHS Trust (SUFT) Prittlewell Chase Westcliff-on-Sea Essex SS0 0RY
Lot #2(BTUH)AwardedRenewalPublished value£583,333
Lot 3 – Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital NHS Trust (BTUH) Nethermayne Basildon Essex SS16 5NL
Lot #3(MEHT)AwardedRenewalPublished value£583,334
Lot 1 - Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust (MEHT) Broomfield Hospital Chelmsford Essex CM1 7ET
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).
How bids were scored · same split on all 3 lots
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical Questionnaire: 60%
- Commercial Questionnaire: 30%
- Social Value Questionnaire: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Commercial Questionnaire: Commercial Questionnaire 30% Weighting
- Technical Questionnaire: Technical Questionnaire 60%
- Social Value Questionnaire: Social Value Questionnaire 10%
Lot distribution rule: Can be awarded all Lots
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Aug 2028
- First published
- 19 Aug 2025, 10:59 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2025, 10:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Aug 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028638- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05294aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
- Submission deadline
- 1 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
- Log in to the supplier portal at health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ 2. The contract can be found by searching C362306
Timeline
30 May 2025 → 19 Aug 2025 · 6 dates- Tender notice published30 May 2025, 08:55 BST
- Clarification questions by3 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline1 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts18 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published19 Aug 2025, 10:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 30 May 2025- Tender notice published30 May 2025, 08:55 BSTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published19 Aug 2025, 10:59 BSTUK12
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across several lots1 award | |||
| supplier not published | — | 19 Aug 2025 | CancelledMSEFT was created through the merger of three NHS Acute Trusts of Broomfield, Basildon and Southend in April 2020. There are approximately 2,100 beds across the general and specialist services offered. The specialisms of Cardiothoracic services at Basildon, plastic surgery and burns at Broomfield and Oncology services at Southend are fundamental to the services offered. MSEFT has a deficit of £118m in financial year FY25/26. To mitigate the deficit there is a cost optimisation program across all departments within the Trust. MSEFT's transport program have been reviewing all services within their scope with the aim of increasing the level of grip and control. This has led to a significant reduction in usage in Taxis from the period of August 2024 to August 2025. Therefore, the Trust initial tender activity sighted in the documentation published 20th May 2024 there is 40% material decrease. Due to this the Trust has decided to abandon this tender exercise and re-fresh the activity per site and future proof the potential decline that the Trust seeks as part of its ongoing strategy. We appreciate the time and resource utilised in responding to the tender, and we hope we your continued support as we move through the review and prepare the updated opportunity. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender