NHS SY ICB - Non-Emergency Patient Transport - Core

CPV: Ambulance services

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Awarded without competition

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Direct award (no call for competition)

GPA / WTO covered

Unspecified in notice

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

26 Aug 2025, 10:47 BST

Last source update

26 Aug 2025, 10:47 BST

FTS notice number

2025/S 000-051166

Classification (CPV)

Ambulance services

Delivery area

Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)

Official registry OCID

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Why no open competition

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Published justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on the 5th September 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on the 4th September 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.<br/><br/>Representations should be sent via email to - [email protected]<br/><br/>The award decision makers were - The Informal Executive Board.<br/><br/>No conflicts of interest were identified.<br/><br/>Key criteria continued from section II.2.14.1 above - <br/><br/>Service Sustainability<br/><br/>YAS NEPTS has dedicated Business Intelligence, demand analysis and capacity forecasting expertise to monitor internal service delivery and efficiency and to adapt the service model to take account of system changes and pressures (e.g. rising demand, acuity of case mix, new clinics or sites). This supports optimum use of existing resources and allows the service to highlight potential pressures to the system at an early stage.<br/><br/>Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice – Weighting 20% <br/><br/>The YAS community engagement team work actively with communities experiencing health inequalities. Our Community Engagement Strategy 2024 – 2026 has the following 5 Community Engagement Principles: <br/><br/>Focus on health inequalities – target community engagement activity for communities most likely to need our services now or in the future and those experiencing barriers to accessing services. <br/><br/>Partnerships – develop and deliver community engagement with partners, working with those that understand and are trusted by our communities. <br/><br/>Anchor organisation – Act as an anchor organisation, seeking to improve life chances through education, training, employment support and building capacity in communities <br/><br/>Insight led – Be insight led in our engagement, using evidence to guide who we engage and how we engage them <br/><br/>Doing with – Work collaboratively with communities, developing projects together and involving people with lived experience. <br/><br/>Social Value – Weighting 10% <br/><br/>The service supports recruitment and skills development in local communities across Yorkshire, with a number of apprenticeship pathways available. These provide employment, skills development and career progression opportunities for the communities served by YAS. <br/><br/> As an NHS employer, YAS offer a fair pay structure (agenda for change) and automatically enrols all staff into the NHS Pension Scheme. We also offer financial wellbeing support to staff and have a monthly Financial Wellbeing working group which meets monthly to share ideas and the most up-to-date information to support out workforce. <br/><br/>YAS are bold in their ambitions to play our role in reducing the impact that the NHS has on the UK and the world’s carbon emissions and are working to eliminate our carbon emissions and create a more sustainable ambulance service for the future. <br/><br/>The greener NHS requirements were launched in October 2020, preparing the NHS for a Net Zero future. Current targets aim to eliminate carbon emissions by 2045 from all NHS activities (including the supply chain) and YAS have aligned our Green Plan with these timescales, having a strategic plan to decarbonise before this date.

• Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS TrustAwarded supplier00000N/A Brindley Way Wakefield 41 Business Park Wakefield, Wakefield, Yorkshire & Humber, WF2 0XQ

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