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Published 11 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Non-Emergency Patient Transport - NHS Shropshire CCG, Telford & Wrekin CCG and Powys THB

Official notice

Authority: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of NHS Shropshire Telford and Wrekin CCG and Powys Teaching Health Board (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 6 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£33,308,674exc. VAT2.7% above published estimate
Submissions closed 15 Mar 2021awarded 13 Jul 2021
Awarded to E-zec Medical Transport Services Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group and Powys Teaching Health Board have jointly awarded a contract for Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) for eligible patients within the local healthcare population following a successful procurement.

CPV: Ambulance services · For non-emergency patient · Health services · Miscellaneous health services · Patient-transport vehicles · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£33,308,674
Delivery: West Midlands, Wales · Services to be provided across the County of Shropshire and Powys.
Extensions: Possibility of extending the contract for up to 24 months beyond the initial contract term.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Overall Quality: 60%
  • Overall Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Overall Quality: 60%
  • Overall Cost: 40%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Any supplier may be disqualified who:

    a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous

    situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

    (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;

    (c) has been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;

    (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;

    (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the Contracting

    Authority;

    (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the Contracting Authority;

    (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Se…

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
Last source update
26 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
Award evaluation window
15 Mar 2021 – …
Authority reference
STW-20-03
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-029503
Classification (CPV)
Ambulance servicesFor non-emergency patientHealth servicesMiscellaneous health servicesPatient-transport vehiclesSpecial-purpose road passenger-transport services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG21)Wales (UKL24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029288 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed

Publisher note: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU conducted this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. This tender was conducted in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015. As the CCCs are a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
15 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
15 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

15 Mar 2021 → 26 Nov 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    15 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    15 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    26 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Nov 2021
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    26 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £34,200,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 6
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Jul 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
E-zec Medical Transport Services LimitedNon-Emergency Patient Transport Services£34,200,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

6 public bodies on the notice

NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of NHS Shropshire Telford and Wrekin CCG and Powys Teaching Health Board

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Heron House, 120 Grove Road, Stoke on Trent, West Midlands, ST4 4LXContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of NHS Shropshire CCG, NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG and Powys Teaching Health BoardContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHealth Stoke on Trent, West MidlandsContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗
  • NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authorityMediation bodyReview body Shrewsbury, West MidlandsContact name, email
  • NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authorityMediation bodyReview body Telford, West MidlandsContact name, email
  • NHS Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority Telford, West MidlandsContact name, email
  • Powys Teaching Health BoardContracting authority Powys, WalesContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria