Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
The NHS Commissioning Board operating as NHS England
Fosse House 6 Smith Way Grove Park Enderby
Leicester
LE19 1SX
Contact
Charlotte Highcock
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKF - East Midlands (England)
National registration number
na
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/Documents/Folder/28897
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Prior Information Notice for the Procurement of Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transfer Services in the East Midlands and Adult Critical Care Ambulance Transfers Services in the West Midlands
Reference number
AG20057
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85143000 - Ambulance services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), on behalf of the NHS England/Improvement – Regional Specialised Commissioning Team (Midlands) (here onwards known as the commissioner) would like to notify all potential providers about the upcoming opportunity to bid for Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transfer Services in the East Midlands and Adult Critical Care Ambulance Transfers Services in the West Midlands .
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transfer Services in the East Midlands and Adult Critical Care Ambulance Transfers Services in the West Midlands.
The critical care ambulance vehicle specification has been developed to deliver a standard critical care ambulance design that can be utilised by all critical care transfer services in England. The aim is to provide a vehicle that can be flexible to meet the critical care patient requirements across all age groups from neonatal, paediatric and adult. The vehicle will be able to accommodate all ages of patients from Neonates, Paediatric Critical Care, Adult Critical Care, ECMO and Bariatric patients.
The aim of the service is to provide a high quality, efficient, timely, responsive specialised critical care ambulance transport service to support the clinical delivery of time critical neonatal care, paediatric critical care and ECMO services.
The indicative procurement timetable can be found below, subject to change:
Publication of tender – w/c 17.05.2021
Deadline for submissions – w/c 28.06.2021
Evaluation period – w/c 28.06.2021 – w/c 30.08.2021
Award and standstill period – w/c 06.09.2021 – w/c 20.09.2021
Contract award and mobilisation – w/c 20.09.2021 – 31.03.2022
Service commencement – 01.04.2022
Providers interested in this opportunity will need to ensure they are registered on Contracts Finder, Find a Tender Service and/or the EU Supply procurement portal, in order to be notified when this opportunity goes live.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
17 May 2021
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is purely a market engagement exercise; any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when published.
Any communication received during the market analysis exercise will not be taken into account in any future evaluation process as part of the formal procurement process.