OPPORTUNITY NOTICE - PROVISION OF PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICES (PTS) FOR THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBROUGH INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ICB)

  • NHS CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ICB)

F14: Notice for changes or additional information

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-024828

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03d73d

Published 23 August 2023, 3:23pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ICB)

Heron House,120 Grove Road

STOKE ON TRENT

ST44LX

Contact

Paulo Sousa-Cabral

Email

paulo.sousa-cabral@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.cpics.org.uk/

Buyer's address

https://www.cpics.org.uk/


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

OPPORTUNITY NOTICE - PROVISION OF PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICES (PTS) FOR THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBROUGH INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ICB)

Reference number

WHISP-187

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board (CP ICB) is seeking to commission a provider or providers to deliver their Patient Transport Services (PTS), to include Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS).

The ICB wishes to receive responses to the Invitation to Tenders (ITTs) from suitably qualified and experienced Providers with the necessary skill and experience (or a demonstrable ability to provide the skill and experience) to provide the range of services required.

The ICB has re-designed the way Patient Transport Services are specified in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. They are looking for stand-alone services for specific cohorts of patients which have varying needs.


Section six. Complementary information

six.6) Original notice reference

Notice number: 2023/S 000-017257


Section seven. Changes

seven.1) Information to be changed or added

seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice

Section number

II.2.6

Lot No

1

Place of text to be modified

£32,626,815

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19 October 2023

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12:00pm

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Each contract will be awarded for a term of five (5) years from the Service start date with an indicative contract value of £41m (see table below for lot specific values) with the possibility of extending the term for another 5 years beyond the initial contracted term at the ICB's discretion and bringing the indicative Total Contract Value to circa £87m. The contract start and service commencement date is 1st October 2024. The ICB is planning to notify the outcome of the ITT in November, with the intention that mobilisation for the service/s begins in January, after the Christmas holidays, for circa 9 months.

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Each contract will be awarded for a term of five (5) years from the Service start date with an indicative contract value of £53m (see table below for lot specific values) with the possibility of extending the term for another 5 years beyond the initial contracted term at the ICB's discretion and bringing the upper threshold indicative Total Contract Value to circa £117m. The contract start and service commencement date is 1st October 2024. The ICB originally advertised this opportunity on Friday 16th of June 2023, and has now re-opened this tender following a review of the financial envelope. The ICB is planning to notify the outcome of the ITT in December, with the intention that mobilisation for the service/s begins in January, after the Christmas holidays, for circa 9 months.

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II.1.4

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The invitation to tender (ITT) will be available from 16th June 2023 on the ML CSU Atamis portal (see below) and it will have a deadline for submissions of 12:00 noon on 16th August 2023. Bidder clarification questions may be submitted to the Commissioner (via the ML CSU Atamis portal only) during the procurement process between 03rd of July 2023 and up to 17:00 hours on the 3rd of August 2023.

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The invitation to tender (ITT) will be available from 23rd of August 2023 on the ML CSU Atamis portal (see below) and it will have a deadline for submissions of 12:00 noon on 19th of October 2023.Bidder clarification questions may be submitted to the Commissioner (via the ML CSU Atamis portal only) during the procurement process between 23rd of October 2023 and up to 17:00 hours on the 5th of October 2023.

Section number

II.2.6

Lot No

2

Place of text to be modified

£72,052,391

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Date

19 October 2023

Local time

12:00pm

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II.2.6

Lot No

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£12,485,705

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Date

19 October 2023

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12:00pm

seven.2) Other additional information

The ICB originally advertised this opportunity on Friday 16th of June 2023, and has now re-opened this tender following a review of the financial envelope.