Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Devon County Council
County Hall, Matford Lane Offices, Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
Contact
Mr Tim Hamblin
Telephone
+44 1392382124
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK4 - Devon
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Devon
County Hall, Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
Contact
Suzanne Kay
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK4 - Devon
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
CP1185-15 Provision of Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System
Reference number
DN94465
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Devon work in partnership through a Section 75 Agreement with the Local Authority,
Devon County Council, to commission NHS transport.
The current Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) contract ends on the 31st
March 2024. NHS Devon and Devon County Council will be reprocuring the NEPTS contract
to implement a new service effective from 1st April 2024. The new model will be based on
NHS England guidance.
Market Engagement events will be taking place on 18th, 19th and 21st April 2023. If you
would like to participate in one of these events, contact Devon County Council for further
details (transpt.patienttransportadvice-mailbox@devon.gov.uk or 01392 381099 to speak
to Lynn Thornton). If you are unable to attend, the presentation from the event, questions
raised and answers given can be made available on request.
This procurement will take place through Lot 4 (Ambulance Transport to include qualified
crew) of the Devon County Council Provision of Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing
System. To be able to receive information and participate in the procurement process,
providers will need to be registered on Lot 4 (Ambulance Transport to include qualified
crew) of the Devon County Council Provision of Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing
System. Contact Devon County Council for further details
(transportcoordinationservicetransporttenders-mailbox@devon.gov.uk or 01392 382124 to speak to Tim Hamblin). Only providers who are accepted and approved on to Lot 4
(Ambulance Transport to include qualified crew) will be invited to bid for this opportunity.
Please be aware that providers wishing to register for the DPS must be CQC registered, to a
minimum level of “Requires Improvement”. However, any company at the “Requires
Improvement” level will be expected to supply their action plan for improvement, for
consideration by NHS Devon and Devon County Council before they will be allowed to
proceed.
The procurement will be in one lot, with three strands, under the heading, Non-Emergency
Patient Transport Service (NEPTS). NHS Devon is looking to appoint a single provider to
deliver all required NEPTS.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2023/S 000-010712
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
II.1.5
Lot No
4
Place of text to be modified
Estimated Total Value
Instead of
Text
£4,000,000.00
Read
Text
£21,777,000.00
Section number
II.2.6
Lot No
4
Place of text to be modified
Estimated value
Instead of
Text
£4,000,000.00
Read
Text
£21,777,000.00