Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
Glenfield
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF - East Midlands (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
Glenfield
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF - East Midlands (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
pounds sterling
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 Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR 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 contract currently operating is due to expire on the 31st of March 2024.T
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 Leicestershire. They are looking for stand-alone services for specific cohorts of patients which have varying needs. To that end the re-procurement will be split into 3 lots so 3 separate contracts may be awarded, however, bidders will have the opportunity to bid for all of the lots or any combination of lots.
For the avoidance of doubt each bid will be scored on their individual merit. Therefore, it is possible that contracts could be issued to a single provider.
The lots are split as follows:- Lot 1 Dedicated Renal Dialysis - The Provider is responsible for delivering a dedicated renal dialysis transport provision to all patients who require Dialysis & nocturnal Dialysis and are registered to an LLR GP.-
Lot 2 TRIPPS - This service will provide High Dependency/Blue Light, Bariatric and End of Life out of University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) Emergency Departments (ED) and LLR Healthcare Settings to their destination.-
Lot 3 NEPTS - The service will provide transport, where a medical condition means that a patient would struggle to safely attend their treatment independently, to LLR registered patients. This will include transport to and from outpatient appointments, discharges, admissions, non-High Dependency transfers, Community Mental Health appointments and therapy groups, including on the day activity and planned.
The aim of the services is to deliver high quality, dignified and safe patient transport to specific cohorts of patients, ensuring all eligible patients are able to travel in a timely manner, without adverse impact on their medical condition.
The services will be person-centred, and providers will need to be committed to the ‘personalisation’ of the whole service(s) from the point of first contact when the booking is made, through to pick-up, relationship of the driver with the patient (and escort if applicable), journey to the destination, supporting the patient in preparation for their transport and arrival at home or nominated place of residence or other healthcare setting.
The ICB is also seeking innovation from providers that can maximise the use of information technology and fully utilise technological solutions to deliver service efficiencies to drive quality, safety, sustainability, value for money and improved patient and service user satisfaction.
Each contract will be awarded for a term of five (5) years from the Service start date with the possibility of extending the term for up to another 5 years beyond the initial contracted term at the ICB’s discretion. The contract start date is 1st of April 2024.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2022/S 000-026780
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
VI.3)
Place of text to be modified
Additional Information
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The ICB has set higher and lower budgetary thresholds for each lot, as follows:
Full cost envelope (Higher Limit)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Total
Lot 1 £2,657,764 £2,790,653 £2,846,466 £2,903,395 £2,961,463 £14,157,74
Lot 2 £1,179,124 £1,179,124 £1,179,124 £1,179,124 £1,179,124 £5,895,621
Lot 3 £4,906,134 £4,906,134 £4,906,134 £4,906,134 £4,906,134 £24,530,669
Total cost envelope
£8,743,022 £8,875,911 £8,931,724 £8,988,653 £9,046,721 £46,146,093
Full cost envelope (Lower Limit)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Total
Lot 1 £1,948,075 £2,045,479 £2,086,389 £2,128,117 £2,170,679 £10,378,739
Lot 2 £851,030 £851,030 £851,030 £851,030 £851,030 £4,255,150
Lot 3 £3,646,148 £3,646,148 £3,646,148 £3,646,148 £3,646,148 £18,230,740
Total cost envelope
£6,445,253 £6,542,657 £6,583,567 £6,625,295 £6,667,857 £32,864,629
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The ICB has refreshed the initial data packs for all Lots and identified a number of patient journeys that has been allocated incorrectly. The following has been changed within the datasets:
Lot 1 – An additional 3102 journeys has been added.
Lot 3 – 3102 journeys have been removed.
These changes have been reflected within the financial envelope thresholds as shown in the revised table hereafter:
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 TOTAL
Lot 1 £2,772,518 £2,911,143 £2,969,366 £3,028,754 £3,089,329 £14,771,110
Lot 2 £1,179,124 £1,179,124 £1,179,124 £1,179,124 £1,179,124 £5,895,620
Lot 3 £4,789,327 £4,789,327 £4,789,327 £4,789,327 £4,789,327 £23,946,635
Total cost threshold
£8,740,969 £8,879,595 £8,937,817 £8,997,205 £9,057,780 £44,613,366
REVISED Full cost threshold (Lower Limit)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 TOTAL
Lot 1 £2,032,424 £2,134,045 £2,176,726 £2,220,260 £2,264,666 £10,828,121
Lot 2 £851,030 £851,030 £851,030 £851,030 £851,030 £4,255,150
Lot 3 £3,560,330 £3,560,330 £3,560,330 £3,560,330 £3,560,330 £17,801,650
Total cost threshold
£6,443,784 £6,545,405 £6,588,086 £6,631,620 £6,676,025 £32,884,920