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
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
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
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II.2.6
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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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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.
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II.2.6
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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.