Official UK procurement notice
Non-Emergency Ambulance Patient Transport Service [4237048]
Authority: Business Services Organisation·Consortium: 8 public authorities
What is being bought12 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNon-Emergency Ambulance Patient Transport Service [4237048]
CPV: Ambulance services · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver · Road transport services · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 84 suppliers · 19 bids on the busiest of 12 lots (0.2 per place) · 17 appointed
Lots and requirements (12)Procurement structure
12 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 12 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Belfast Area - JourneyAwardedRenewalPublished value£358,270
Lot #2Belfast Area - ShiftAwardedRenewalPublished value£34,688,370
Lot #3Northern Area - JourneyAwardedRenewalPublished value£3,650,890
Lot #4Northern Area - ShiftAwardedRenewalPublished value£12,006,050
Lot #5South Eastern Area - JourneyAwardedRenewalPublished value£12,670
Lot #6South Eastern Area - ShiftAwardedRenewalPublished value£23,171,500
Lot #7Southern Area - JourneyAwardedRenewalPublished value£529,300
Lot #8Southern Area - ShiftAwardedRenewalPublished value£7,373,935
Lot #9Western Area - JourneyAwardedRenewalPublished value£10,766,380
Lot #10Western Area - ShiftAwardedRenewalPublished value£26,514,875
Lot #11Regional Single Crewed - ShiftAwardedRenewalPublished value£14,035,095
Lot #12Regional with Healthcare Professional HCP - ShiftAwardedRenewalPublished value£7,637,665
What it takes to wini
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)
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 90
- Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Non-Emergency Ambulance Patient Transport Service [4237048]” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 84 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 3 Nov 2022, 16:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Sept 2023, 12:18 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 26 Jun 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027770- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037ee5Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the Framework Agreement is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the Framework Agreement is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court England, Wales and Northern Ireland..
Publisher note: In section I.2 it is stated that this is a joint procurement and contract award is by a central purchasing body. This contract is not a joint contract, it is a central purchasing body contract operated by Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland. The contracting authority has identified the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) on the basis of the Price 90% and Social Value 10%, once full compliance was demonstrated with all of the elements of the specification, including Quality-Pass/Fail and any other requirements as listed in the tender documentation. Details of the Quality, Social Value split and the evaluation process incorporating price and compliance are provided as part of the Tender Evaluation Methodology and Marking Scheme (TEMMS) (SS20b). The value shown in II.1.5 of Contract Notice 2023/S 000-014827 will be used in the assessment of issues relating to materiality should they arise during the period of the Framework Agreement. PIN 2022/S 000-031132 also refers.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 26 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 26 Jun 2023, 15:30 BST
Timeline
21 Apr 2023 → 12 Jan 2024 · 5 dates- Next notice expected21 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown26 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened26 Jun 2023, 15:30 BST
- Notice published20 Sept 2023, 12:18 BST
- Bids must remain valid until12 Jan 2024, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 May 2023- Published value published: £141,758,00024 May 2023, 15:22 BST
- Status changed to active24 May 2023, 15:22 BST
- Procurement method changed24 May 2023, 15:22 BST
- Deadline published: 26 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST24 May 2023, 15:22 BST
- Buyer details updated24 May 2023, 15:22 BST
- Status changed to complete20 Sept 2023, 12:18 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast12 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Lot 1 - Belfast Area - Journey
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 10 - Western Area - Shift
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 11 - Regional Single Crewed - Shift
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 12 - Regional with Healthcare Professional (HCP) - Shift
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 2 - Belfast Area - Shift
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 3 - Northern Area - Journey
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 4 - Northern Area - Shift
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 5 - South Eastern Area - Journey
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 6 - South Eastern Area - Shift
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 7 - Southern Area - Journey
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 8 - Southern Area - Shift
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 9 - Western Area - Journey
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Belfast Area - Journey | 19bids · 19 electronic · 14 from abroad | 13 | — | £6,099 – £22,500 |
| 2 · Belfast Area - Shift | 19bids · 19 electronic · 16 from abroad | 14 | — | £1,693,942 – £2,833,360 |
| 3 · Northern Area - Journey | 19bids · 19 electronic · 13 from abroad | 12 | — | £288,718 – £903,000 |
| 4 · Northern Area - Shift | 19bids · 19 electronic · 15 from abroad | 13 | — | £638,722 – £1,223,876 |
| 5 · South Eastern Area - Journey | 19bids · 19 electronic · 14 from abroad | 13 | — | £1,795 – £5,160 |
| 6 · South Eastern Area - Shift | 19bids · 19 electronic · 15 from abroad | 13 | — | £1,209,361 – £1,744,536 |
| 7 · Southern Area - Journey | 19bids · 19 electronic · 13 from abroad | 12 | — | £24,395 – £67,230 |
| 8 · Southern Area - Shift | 19bids · 19 electronic · 14 from abroad | 12 | — | £434,633 – £664,277 |
| 9 · Western Area - Journey | 19bids · 19 electronic · 12 from abroad | 11 | — | £813,700 – £1,933,500 |
| 10 · Western Area - Shift | 19bids · 19 electronic · 14 from abroad | 12 | — | £1,177,240 – £2,346,949 |
| 11 · Regional Single Crewed - Shift | 19bids · 19 electronic · 14 from abroad | 12 | — | £598,738 – £1,111,491 |
| 12 · Regional with Healthcare Professional HCP - Shift | 19bids · 19 electronic · 13 from abroad | 13 | — | £423,960 – £954,498 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £1,795 – £2,833,360 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
8 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Belfast Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
- Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics ServiceContracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth
- NI Ambulance Service TrustContracting authority
- Northern Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
- South Eastern Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
- Southern Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
- Western Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Business Services OrganisationReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
17 commercial parties on the notice- 955 SAFETY LTDFramework contractor
- BELFAST PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE LTDFramework contractor
- BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETYFramework contractor
- COASTAL CORE LTDFramework contractor
- EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRAINERS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- ERS TRANSITION LIMITEDFramework contractor
- FESTIMED LTDFramework contractor
- GREEN LIGHT TRANSFERS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- J K COACHES LTDFramework contractor
- J.J.A.C.E. LTDFramework contractor
Show 7 more suppliers
- PATIENT DISCHARGE SERVICE LTDFramework contractor
- PRO PARAMEDICS LTDFramework contractor
- PULSE EVENT MEDICAL SERVICES NI LTDFramework contractor
- ST. JOHN AMBULANCE N.I.Framework contractor
- Salus MedicalFramework contractor
- WATER AND RESCUE TRAINING UK LTDFramework contractor
- WESTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE NI LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.