Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-27
Buyer: Barts Health NHS Trust
Country: UK
Region: LONDON
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 60000000 | 60100000 | 60400000: Air transport services | 72253000: Helpdesk and support services | 85143000
Estimated value: 70000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Barts Health NHS Trust is a major provider of hospital services for London and nationally for a wide variety of specialised and tertiary services. It is the largest NHS Trust in England and operates from 5 hospitals in East London. In 2014/15 it had an annual turnover of 1 300 000 000 GBP and employs 15 000 staff.
The Trust intends to establish a comprehensive patient transport related services framework agreement to be used by the North East London Sustainability and Transformation Plan.
Currently Authorities operate their patient transport related services (the ‘Services’) through a number of third party Service Providers. The Authorities are seeking through this framework agreement to improve the value for money, quality, flexibility and sustainability of these Services and are therefore seeking expressions of interest from Service Providers who have a proven track record in managing the following Services (inter alia):
— Other specialised transport services (i.e. high dependency ambulance services and secure transport).
Please note: The above list is not exhaustive and the agreement will cover all patient transport related services.
Services to be delivered in accordance with specified standards, and, managed under a formal performance regime. The requirement will include continuous service improvement, by the provider and the achievement of regular efficiency gains both in terms of cost and performance.
To obtain further details please follow the instructions in the additional information section to register and download the Tender Prospectus and PQQ.
To provide a central transport call-centre (covering help desk and patient eligibility assessment) service.
To provide a comprehensive Help Desk Service to facilitate patient eligibility assessments, the recording, monitoring and day to day operational functionality of all transport related services.
To provide non-emergency patients requiring transport to or from an Authority's facility and from and to other hospitals, health centres, nursing homes, hospices, satellite units and any other location as determined by the Authority and considered by the Authority to be medically unfit to be transported by other means.
To provide renal patients requiring transport to or from an Authority's facility and from and to other hospitals, health centres, nursing homes, hospices, satellite units and any other location as determined by the Authority and considered by the Authority to be medically unfit to be transported by other means.
To provide non-emergency patients requiring transport to or from an Authority's facility and from and to other hospitals, health centres, nursing homes, hospices, satellite units and any other location as determined by the Authority and considered by the Authority to be medically unfit to be transported by other means.
Non-emergency patients requiring transport to or from an Authority's facility and from and to other hospitals, health centres, nursing homes, hospices, satellite units and any other location as determined by the Authority and considered by the Authority to be medically unfit to be transported by other means.
The Authorities are seeking through this agreement to improve the value for money, quality, flexibility and sustainability of these services and are therefore seeking expressions of interest from Service Providers who have a proven track record in managing the following Services (inter alia):
— Other specialised transport services (i.e. High dependency ambulance services and secure transport).

Eligibility requirements: See Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. In accordance with Article 58 to 63 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament of the Council and Regulation 58 to 63 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire which is available from the address in Section I.1) As set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire. In accordance with Articles 58 to 63 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament of the Council and Regulation 58 to 63 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire which is available from the address in Section I.1) As set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
In accordance with Article 58 to 63 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament of the Council and Regulation 58 to 63 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire which is available from the address in Section I.1) As set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
In accordance with Article 58 to 63 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament of the Council and Regulation 58 to 63 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire which is available from the address in Section I.1)
As set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
In accordance with Articles 58 to 63 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament of the Council and Regulation 58 to 63 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire which is available from the address in Section I.1) As set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
In accordance with Articles 58 to 63 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament of the Council and Regulation 58 to 63 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire which is available from the address in Section I.1)