Contract

Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services

  • NHS HUMBER AND NORTH YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-013526

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04fe73

Published 8 April 2025, 8:51am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS HUMBER AND NORTH YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Health House, Grange Park Lane, Willerby

East Riding of Yorkshire

HU106DT

Email

hnyicb.procurement@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber

NHS Organisation Data Service

QOQ

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://humberandnorthyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/

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

Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Non-emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) provides pre-planned and on-day (unplanned) transport to support eligible patients to access NHS funded care. NEPTS caters for those patients who are either too ill to get to hospital without assistance or for whom travelling may cause their condition to deteriorate. The service provides for a wide range of patient mobilities, requiring a variety of vehicle types and levels of care consistent with the patient's medical needs - including specialist moving and handling or support during transport such as provision of oxygen.

The service covers East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire and York.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £16,403,006

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKE11 - Kingston upon Hull, City of
  • UKE12 - East Riding of Yorkshire
  • UKE13 - North and North East Lincolnshire
  • UKE21 - York
  • UKE22 - North Yorkshire CC

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Non-emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) provides pre-planned and on-day (unplanned) transport to support eligible patients to access NHS funded care. NEPTS caters for those patients who are either too ill to get to hospital without assistance or for whom travelling may cause their condition to deteriorate. The service provides for a wide range of patient mobilities, requiring a variety of vehicle types and levels of care consistent with the patient's medical needs - including specialist moving and handling or support during transport such as provision of oxygen.

The service covers East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire and York.

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB is providing notice of an urgent award under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Approximate lifetime value of the contract is £16,403,006

Contract term - 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion - Name: To address immediate risks to safety and quality of care / Weighting: 100

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) urgent award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

17 March 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Yorkshire Ambulance Trust NHS Trust

Wakefield

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKE45 - Wakefield
NHS Organisation Data Service

RX8

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £16,403,006


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The contract has been awarded under the urgent award provision of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

The contract was awarded under Regulation 14(2)(a) an award must be made urgently, and 14(2)(c) to ensure patient safety was not compromised.

The contract award was approved by the Finance, Performance and Delivery Committee. No conflicts of interest have been declared in relation to the contract award.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel

London

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/how-commissioning-is-changing/nhs-provider-selection-regime/independent-patient-choice-and-procurement-panel/