Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
County Hall, Fishergate
Preston
PR1 8XJ
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD4 - Lancashire
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board
No 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park
Warrington
WA1 1QY
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD6 - Cheshire
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
4th Floor, Piccadilly Place
Manchester
M1 3BN
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD3 - Greater Manchester
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://gmintegratedcare.org.uk/
Buyer's address
https://gmintegratedcare.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Partnership
Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.nenc-northcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.nenc-northcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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 Service (NEPTS)
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 Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) are publishing this contract award notice on behalf of NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB), NHS Greater Manchester ICB, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB and NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB who have awarded contracts for the provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) to cover Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria delivering:
- Planned Patient Transport - for routine outpatient appointments
- Unplanned Patient Transport - for discharges / short notice bookings, and
- Enhanced Priority Service Transport - for time critical transport for patients attending for haemodialysis or oncology treatments.
This contract award notice is for the direct award of contracts with the existing providers, 24 months from 1st April 2023 to the 31st March 2025. This is a modification to the VEAT notice reference 2023/S 000-010668 as the contract length now covers 2 years to 31st March 2025.
The current NEPTS contracts were originally procured by competitive tender. There was then a delay in the recommissioning of these services due to the COVID-19 pandemic however work is now underway to develop a North West strategic approach to patient transport being commissioned by the newly formed ICBs that will meet both local and national requirements. To allow the timescales to complete this work and re-procure the service an extension of 24 months is required with the existing providers.
A review of the North West specifications is required to ensure it meets the evolving needs of the ICBs. In addition the National Review of NEPTS produced its final report on patient eligibility criteria in May 2022. This has broadened the criteria under which patients are able to access NHS funded transport and has required additional work on the specifications. The National Review has produced, and continues to produce, additional guidance to be adopted which will impact the North West specifications.
The rationale for the 24-month extension with the existing provider is that it will maintain the continuity of service until such time as a new service can be commissioned that will meet local requirements and incorporate any new national requirements. The extension is only a temporary arrangement to allow the appropriate timescales to re-procure the service (which have previously been delayed due to the pandemic and therefore events that were unforeseeable to the commissioners).
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £94,132,286
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Lancashire and South Cumbria
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD - North West (England)
Main site or place of performance
Within the boundaries of the Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB - Lancashire and south Cumbria
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Extension of the existing contract for a further 24 months until 31 March 2025.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - North East & North Cumbria ICB
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD1 - Cumbria
Main site or place of performance
Within the boundaries of the North Cumbria only
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Extension of the existing contract for a further 24 months until 31 March 2025.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD7 - Merseyside
Main site or place of performance
For Merseyside only.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Extension of the existing contract for a further 24 months until 31 March 2025.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Greater Manchester ICB
Lot No
4
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD3 - Greater Manchester
Main site or place of performance
Within the boundaries of the Greater Manchester ICB
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Extension of the existing contract for a further 24 months until 31 March 2025.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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 services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
- New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services
Explanation:
There was an initial delay in the recommissioning of these services due to the COVID-19 pandemic which was an event unforeseeable by the contracting authority. In addition the existing provider is considered to be the only provider that can offer a continuity of service to patients over the next 24 months, without creating a significant operational risk and disruption to service whilst allowing the timescales for the new service to be planned and implemented safely.
This contract is being awarded under Regulation 32 (2)(b)(ii).
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-010668
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
1
Lot No
1
Title
Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Lancashire and South Cumbria
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 February 2023
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
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Bolton
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD3 - Greater Manchester
NHS Organisation Data Service
RX7
Internet address
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £32,737,212
Total value of the contract/lot: £32,737,212
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
1
Lot No
2
Title
Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - North Cumbria ICB
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 February 2023
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
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Bolton
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD3 - Greater Manchester
NHS Organisation Data Service
RX7
Internet address
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £5,712,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £5,712,000
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
1
Lot No
3
Title
Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 February 2023
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
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Bolton
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD3 - Greater Manchester
NHS Organisation Data Service
RX7
Internet address
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £20,106,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £20,106,000
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
1
Lot No
4
Title
Non Emergency Patient Transport Service - Greater Manchester ICB
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 February 2023
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
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Bolton
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD3 - Greater Manchester
NHS Organisation Data Service
RX7
Internet address
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £35,577,074
Total value of the contract/lot: £35,577,074
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This Contract Award Notice is published under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Preston
lscicb.bl-nwambulancecommissioning@nhs.net
Telephone
+44 3003733550
Country
United Kingdom