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# NHS BNSSG - Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhs-bnssg-non-emergency-patient-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c9cf). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Bristol North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board: "NHS BNSSG - Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £37,321,970. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Bristol North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-bristol-north-somerset-south-gloucestershire-integrated--nhs-quy)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £37,321,970 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Ambulance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c9cf`

## 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/nhs-bnssg-non-emergency-patient-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c9cf#tl-md)

## Description
This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board's (the Commissioner), intention to recommission Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services.
The Commissioner would like to communicate a planned market engagement event and request expressions of interest for this.
The service will provide transport for eligible BNSSG patients. Full details on eligibility are provided in section II.2.4 below.
The service will provide transport between their places of residence, community and acute settings in reasonable time and comfort without detriment to their medical condition for secondary care treatment. This shall include secondary care services provided in a primary care setting. 
The geographical scope of this contract includes the transport of all BNSSG patients to points of NHS care.
Planned Transport specifically covers pre-booked journeys to and from healthcare booked prior to 17:00 the day before transport.
Non urgent patient transport should be seen as part of an integrated programme of care and a non-emergency patient is one who, whilst requiring treatment, does not require an immediate or urgent response.
The estimated budget for this service is currently £5,331,710 per annum. This will be subject to annual inflationary uplift which will be detailed in the Invitation to Tender documentation. The expected contract term is likely be for 5 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years, making an estimated contract value of £26,658,550 over the initial 5-year term. If the 2-year extension option is utilised the estimated total contract value is £37,321,970. These figures do not include the annual inflationary uplift.
The new contract will commence on 1st April 2026.
TUPE may apply to this process.
It is the Commissioners intention to hold a market engagement event on Wednesday 29th January 2025 via MSTeams, with all parties who have registered their interest. An invitation to this in person event will be issued directly to you once you have registered on the Atamis portal.
The deadline to register your interest is 12:00 Friday 17th January 2025.
This exercise is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board's (the Commissioner), intention to recommission Non-Emergency Patient Transport Serv...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F041064-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-19T16:32:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:56:28.142Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c9cf