Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-29
Buyer: NHS Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Region: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34114122 | 34115200 | 60000000 | 60100000 | 60130000
Estimated value: 21750000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Services are commissioned by NHS Bristol, NHS South Gloucestershire and NHS North Somerset Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) known as the BNSSG region. These CCGs are committed to the provision of a high-quality non-emergency Patient Transport Service (‘PTS’).
Lot 1 — BNSSG Patient Transport Services (PTS) — The Journey provision of eligible patients, including the cardiac shuttle, bariatric, certain levels of critical care patients and high dependency patients;
Lot 2 — BNSSG Patient Transport Services (PTS) for patients receiving renal dialysis — Patients travelling to/from renal dialysis treatment (including acceptance of calls for booking of these patients);
Lot 3 — BNSSG Call Centre for Patient Transport Services (PTS) — A Call Centre to apply the eligibility criteria and ensure that only eligible patients are accepted for transport.
This procurement has been split into the above lots to provide the best service available for patients, reduce ineligible journeys and support the application of strict contract requirements and Key Performance Indicators on all 3 lots.
The contracts will be for a period of 5 years, with the option to extend by a further 24 months at the discretion of the commissioners.
The tender is being carried out using an Open Process. Further information and contract documentation can be obtained via the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
The Journey provision of eligible patients, including the cardiac shuttle, bariatric, certain levels of critical care patients and high dependency patients.
Patients travelling to/from renal dialysis treatment (including acceptance of calls for booking of these patients).
A Call Centre to apply the eligibility criteria and ensure that only eligible patients are accepted for transport.
The contracts will be for a period of 5 years, with the option to extend by a further 24 months at the discretion of the commissioners.
Parent company and other guarantees may be required in certain circumstances, see the invitation to tender for further details.
To receive more information about this tender, including the tender documentation and any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest into this tender on the following website: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
Once you have successfully registered your expression of interest you will be issued with the Invitation to Tender (ITT) for completion before the deadline stated within the tender documentation.
Official name: Further information and contract documentation can be obtained via the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home

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