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title: "Market Engagement for the Provision of STRS Patient Transport Services"
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# Market Engagement for the Provision of STRS Patient Transport Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-for-the-provision-of-strs-patient-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-069666). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust: "Market Engagement for the Provision of STRS Patient Transport Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/guy-s-and-st-thomas-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rj1)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Ambulance services, Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI44
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-069666`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-for-the-provision-of-strs-patient-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-069666#tl-md)

## Description
The South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS) provides specialist paediatric critical care retrieval and transfer services for critically ill children across a network of hospitals. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is preparing to procure a dedicated 24/7 patient transport service, including specialist ambulances and Ambulance Technicians, to support the safe and timely transfer of patients to specialist paediatric intensive care units (PICUs).<br/><br/>With this Prior Information Notice (PIN), the Authority wishes to inform the market of this upcoming opportunity and undertake a Pre-Market Engagement (PME) exercise to better understand supplier capability, market capacity, mobilisation considerations, and potential delivery models ahead of any formal procurement process.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (“the Authority”) is undertaking a Pre-Market Engagement (PME) exercise in relation to the future procurement of Patient Transport Services for the South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS).<br/><br/>STRS is a sp...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F043332-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-12T08:58:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T19:06:06.662Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-069666