Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-03-17
Buyer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (as host of NHS London Procurement Partnership)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 60000000
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (as host of the NHS London Procurement Partnership) is seeking to establish a framework for the provision of Patient Transport Services across 8 Lots and 10 Regional sub lots The framework shall be open to LPP member bodies as listed at: http://www.lpp.nhs.uk/about-lpp/our-members/and any new LPP members for the duration of the contract; plus any other NHS/Public Sector bodies located in England, subject to approval of LPP, including but not limited to Acute and Foundation Trusts,CCGs, Ambulance, Care, Hospital, Mental Health and Community Health Trusts, Special Health Authorities, Health Boards, NHS Commissioning Boards, CSUs and other health orgs, Community Health Councils, Local Health Boards, Social Enterprises, NHS Collaborative Procurement Hubs / Organisations, GP Practices, Primary Care Commissioners, Local Authorities and any successor organisations of the above.
Provision of Fully Managed Patient Transport Services, this lot includes the provision of all the services covered within Lot 2 to Lot 8 listed for all mobility types and call centre services:
The service is for a fully outsourced England based Call Centre, including the provision of facilities, people and technology.
The Call Centre can be located anywhere in the country but will be required to have knowledge of the local area of the participating Trusts.
The Call Centre is responsible for applying the eligibility criteria for each patient activity. Patients, once identified, with significant long term conditions that are permanently eligible for transport are not required to be taken through the eligibility criteria for each requested booking for the lots listed:
The Transport Provider will provide transport services for patients with a medical need, between their places of residence and community and acute settings in reasonable time and comfort without detriment to their medical condition for secondary care treatment. This shall include secondary care services provided in a primary care setting.
The Transport Provider will provide transport services for patients with a medical need, between their places of residence and community and acute settings in reasonable time and comfort without detriment to their medical condition for secondary care treatment. This shall include secondary care services provided in a primary care-setting.
High Dependency Patients are defined as patients who need to travel in an appropriately equipped vehicle with monitoring equipment (3 lead monitor minimum) and piped oxygen, and who may need to travel with equipment in situ e.g. drips / syringe pumps. This will require the provision of vehicles able to carry incubators/ baby PODS and equipment with children’s qualified nurse. A children’s qualified nurse is defined as a registered nurse with experience of working on a paediatric ward/department and who has been adequately trained.
A secure vehicle is required for the transportation of mental health patients who may or are known to be violent,aggressive or abusive. Registered mental health nurses/ personnel should accompany the patient.
Bariatric is defined as patients whose weight/shape deems that they need to travel in vehicles with specialist bariatric equipment. Weight thresholds will be subject to risk assessment by the Transport Provider.
Urgent calls from GPs or other healthcare professionals which require ambulance transport for a patient within a time frame set by the GP. Immediate, emergency services will be directed to 999.


Winner: Ambulance Transfers Limited
Number of bids: 41