Tender

Non-Emergency Patient Transport/Ambulance Service

  • Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-082051

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f3ff

Published 11 December 2025, 2:22pm

Scope

Description

Non-Emergency Patient Transport/Ambulance Service for Mental Health sector.

Total value (estimated)

  • £2,800,000 excluding VAT
  • £3,360,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 23 February 2026 to 28 February 2029
  • Possible extension to 28 February 2030
  • 4 years, 6 days

Description of possible extension:

An optional extension period of 12 months based upon Trust demand.

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85143000 - Ambulance services
  • 34114122 - Patient-transport vehicles

Contract locations

  • UKD4 - Lancashire
  • UKD1 - Cumbria

Submission

Tender submission deadline

14 January 2026, 11:59pm

Submission address and any special instructions

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

28 January 2026

Award criteria

This table displays the award criteria of the lot
Name Description Type
Quality Weighting

Quality is split into Specification (60%) and Social Value (10%). Please refer to the tender document for more detailed information.

 Quality
Cost Weighting

Cost will be weighted 30%

 Cost

Weighting description

Quality - 60%

Social Value - 10%

Cost - 30%

Other information

Applicable trade agreements

  • Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure

Justification for not publishing a preliminary market engagement notice

This is a re-tender exercise following an abandoned exercise in December 2025 owing to following an incorrect process. Market Engagement previously undertaken.

Contracting authority

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQNP-2563-YTQZ

Sceptre Point, Sceptre Way, Walton Summit

Preston

PR5 6AW

United Kingdom

Contact name: Paul Dowell

Email: paul.dowell@mbht.nhs.uk

Website: https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/

Region: UKD45 - Mid Lancashire

Organisation type: Public authority - central government