Official UK procurement notice
Mid and south Essex Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS)
Authority: NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 6 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Contracting Authorities (hereinafter referred to as "the Authority") for this procurement were: NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (as Coordinating Commissioner), NHS Basildon & Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Southend Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group.
The Authority has awarded a contract to deliver Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) for the population of mid and south Essex (MSE), to the most economically advantageous tenderer (Thames Ambulance Service Limited) as a result of an 'Open' (above light-touch threshold) procurement procedure.
The Service covers all land-based provision (across all ages) with the exception of secure mental health transport. Additionally, the service will be provided to patients registered with NHS West Essex CCG in relation to journeys to/from the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Authority has awarded a contract to deliver Non-Emergency Patient Transport…AwardedRenewalPublished value£73,150,000
The Authority has awarded a contract to deliver Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) for the population of mid and south Essex (MSE), to the most economically advantageous tenderer (Thames Ambulance Service Limited) as a result of an 'Open' (above light-touch threshold) procurement procedure.
The Service covers all land-based provision (across all ages) with the exception of secure mental health transport. Additionally, the service will be provided to patients registered with NHS West Essex CCG in relation to journeys to/from the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre. The Service was not lotted as it was deemed that would result in unnecessary fragmentation and complexities.
The NEPTS encompasses:
- Booking & Eligibility Assessment;
- Transportation of patients; and
- On Site support at local NHS Acute Trust sites.
NEPTS are a key enabler underpinning access to elective care and supporting timely and efficient discharge processes for acute and community providers. As a partner within the system, the successful provider will support improvements in the latter stages of urgent and emergency care pathways, enabling patient choice and equitable access for elective care.
The Contract has been awarded for a term of 60 months (five years), with the possibility of extending the term for a period of 24 additional months (two years) beyond the initial contracted duration by agreement between the Authority and the Bidder.
The anticipated aggregate contract value including extensions, variations, growth and inflation advertised in the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice was £73,150,000 and the contract was awarded within the pre-published affordability envelope of £40,800,000 over the full 5 years contract term.
The contract model for the NEPTS is a block, with tolerance levels of 5% to be applied to the contract, which will be monitored on a mobility level, with adjustment to the block being considered if activity goes above tolerance levels.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80
- Price: 20
- Suitability
In accordance with Regulations 56 to 58 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020) and as set out in the qualification envelope which is available with the procurement documents.
- Economic & financial standing
In accordance with Regulations 56 to 58 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020) and as set out in the qualification envelope which is available with the procurement documents.
- Technical & professional ability
In accordance with Regulations 56 to 58 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020) and as set out in the qualification envelope which is available with the procurement documents.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 May 2021, 22:55 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Jun 2021 – …
- Authority reference
ACE-0477-2021-ALC- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-026327- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02afe3Find a Tender
- Performance terms
See the form of Contract supplied with the procurement documents.
Publisher note: The Services to which this Procurement related fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020). As such, the procurement of the Services was conducted as a bespoke, single stage application process akin to the Open procedure, involving a number of stages which are outlined within the suite of procurement documents. The Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services. As published in the FTS Contract Notice, he Authority may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. The aggregate contract value (£73,150,000.00) published in the FTS Contract Notice was inclusive of all options to extend and any such potential modifications over the term of the contract. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, the Bidder should be aware that after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the successful Bidder may be offered a variation to the contract to include (but not be limited to) reduction of activity and removal of funding for Personal Health Budgets and/or an increase in additional low level/low risk journeys where activity may be transferred from the 999 contract to the patient transport service (for example 'GP Urgents' services) in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020).
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 22 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
22 Jun 2021 → 1 Apr 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline22 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened22 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published20 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
- Contract starts1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete20 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Ambulance Service Limited (TASL)SMESubcontracting: Paramedic and Ambulance Technician work only | £40,559,758 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Mid and south Essex Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) · Thames Ambulance Service Limited (TASL)SME
- Signed
- 29 Sept 2021
- Value
- £40,559,758
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
6 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
- NHS Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
- NHS Southend Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
- NHS Thurrock Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
- NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of Justice of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Thames Ambulance Service Limited (TASL)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.