Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-09-13
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of NHS Worcestershire CCGs and NHS Herefordshire CCGs and Associated Commissioners
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34114122 | 60130000 | 85100000: Health services | 85143000
Estimated value: 24942410 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Non-Emergency Patient Transportation Service (NEPTS) for NHS Herefordshire CCG, NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG, NHS South Worcestershire CCG, NHS Wyre Forest CCG, and Associated Commissioners
NHS Herefordshire CCG, NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG, NHS South Worcestershire CCG, NHS Wyre Forest CCG, and Associated Commissioners were seeking to jointly procure a non-emergency patient transportation service (NEPTS) for eligible patients within the local health population.
The commissioning bodies awarded one contract. The contract duration is five (5) years, with the option to extend for a further two (2) years, subject to agreement.
The Department of Health’s Guidance ‘Eligibility Criteria for Patient Transport Service’ (2007) definition of a patient transport service is to provide an NHS funded mechanism for patients with non-emergency, urgent unplanned and planned medical needs to be transported from either their place of residence (or a community/acute NHS healthcare provider location) to a community or acute setting and returned to either their original place of residence or to their new place of residence/healthcare provision. The above named commissioning bodies were seeking to procure a non-emergency patient transportation service for the local area that will safely, effectively and sustainably transport eligible patients between their nominated place of residence to, from and between NHS-funded healthcare facilities in a timely manner, in support of their health care.
The key aim of this service shall be to provide transport for patients with a medical need from a place of residence to community and acute settings and returned to their place (original or new) of residence, in comfort and without detriment to their medical condition.
The service shall primarily cover Herefordshire, Worcestershire and central Powys. Aneurin Bevan LocalHealth Board, NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Groups shall also be participants to the contract for smaller volumes of patients.
NHS Herefordshire CCG, NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG, NHS South Worcestershire CCG, NHS Wyre Forest CCG, and Associated Commissioners Non-Emergency Patient Transportation Service (NEPTS)
This procurement was for clinical services which are light touch regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (‘Regulations’). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the regulations.
The CCGs are a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (procurement, patient choice and competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013.


Winner: E-Zec Medical Services Ltd
Award value: 24942410
Number of bids: 3