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Non-Emergency Patient Transport NHS/SOEPS/22.860 VEAT

Health services
Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons
Patient-transport vehicles
+2 more
South East (UKJ2)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD: "Non-Emergency Patient Transport NHS/SOEPS/22.860 VEAT". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARDScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
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Published history for NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1.3Bids / Report
88.9% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 100 active published awards; 99 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published31 Jan 2023, 18:31 GMT
Last source update31 Jan 2023, 18:31 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHealth services, Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons, Patient-transport vehicles, Special-purpose road passenger-transport services, Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Delivery area
South East (UKJ2)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-036a81
What is being bought
Non-emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) across NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board. This is a VEAT notice for the award of an additional contract of 24 months to the incumbent provider for the period 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2025. Patient transport journeys are booked for patients being moved to and from NHS funded treatment at a range of sites across Sussex including acute hospitals and local venues providing community-based care. The service is responsible for safely and effectively transporting eligible patients between their nominated place of residence, to, from and between NHS-funded healthcare facilities in a timely manner, so that they can receive the health care for which they are booked.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    31 Jan 2023, 18:31 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    31 Jan 2023, 18:31 GMT
  3. Status changed to published status
    27 Sept 2022, 16:11 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    27 Sept 2022, 16:11 BST
  5. Status changed to planned
    22 Sept 2022, 13:23 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    22 Sept 2022, 13:23 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    22 Sept 2022, 13:23 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing escalation of system pressures on all healthcare resources has brought about a number of new and significant risks that could not have been foreseen and which have further delayed the commissioners' detailed preparation and engagement for a full procurement for the non- emergency patient transport services in Sussex, under Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.)(EU Exit) Regulations 2020. This has given rise to an urgent need to secure a safe continued provision of the service via a new contract to mitigate these risks and maximise opportunities for the procurement process to deliver a high quality, patient-centred and responsive Non- Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS), which provides value for money, is resilient, environmentally efficient and innovative in the use of information technology to communicate with service users. Accordingly, the contracting authority considers that the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing escalation of system pressures on all healthcare resources presents a state of urgency that is duly substantiated and been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen and award an additional contract of 24 months to the incumbent provider. The new contract will be a continuation of existing service provision, under current terms and conditions, to transport patients who meet the eligibility criteria to and from their place of residence and Sussex NHS-funded health care facilities. This responsibility of the service will therefore continue to include: • providing a single point of access and full booking service for patients and Health Care Professionals (HCPs); • equitable and consistent application of the eligibility criteria to all patients and carers; • signposting patients who are not eligible for PTS to alternative transport arrangements; • effective determination of mobility need or needs; • allocation of journeys across the sub-contracted transport providers through an equitable, open and transparent process; • effective communication and collaboration with system wide stakeholders; • coordination and management of all patient journeys; • timely reporting to commissioners. NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board is the successor entity (since 1 July 2022) of: • NHS West Sussex CCG; • NHS East Sussex CCG; • NHS Brighton and Hove CCG.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    31 Jan 2023, 18:31 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 17 Jan 2023, 00:00 GMT · £40,432,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£40,432,000 · signed 17 Jan 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authority GB-NHS-QNX
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  • NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
    buyer

    GB-NHS: QNX
    Wicker House, High Street, Worthing, UKJ2, BN11 1DJ
    aelliott1@nhs.net

  • Refer to South of England Procurement Services to trigger the review process. This process can be further escalated to NHS Improvement.
    reviewBody

    Sackville House, Brooks Close, Lewes, BN7 2FZ
    robert.kitt@soeprocurement.nhs.uk

  • South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
    supplier

    GB-NHS: RYE
    Unit 7 and 8 Talisman Business Centre, Talisman Road, Bicester, UKJ14, OX26 6HR
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNHS Sussex ICB is committed to providing a high quality, patient-centred and responsive Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS), which provides value for money, is resilient, environmentally efficient and innovative in the use of information technology to communicate with service users. The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a number of new and significant challenges and risks that could not be foreseen, and have impacted upon the planned timetable for tendering the NEPTS. Following this, NHS Sussex ICB conducted a single joint market engagement with Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Frimley, Berkshire West, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire ICBs during Q3/Q4 2022. The market engagement process and subsequent feedback received from the market resulted in the surfacing of a number of new and ongoing risks to the Commissioner, principally: • The ongoing delay in the publication of the NEPTS National Review Further national recommendations and guidance for the future of NEPTS is expected during 2023 which is necessary to inform and shape our future services. • Post-COVID and ongoing system pressures Post-COVID and the ongoing system pressures have substantially changed the NEPTS conveyance model. It remains unclear when or whether it will be possible to return to a pre-covid 'normal' state or what to expect the 'new normal' to look like, from an operational delivery perspective. • Mobilisation Based on supply chain position for vehicle chassis and bodywork requirements, the majority of feedback requested mobilisation periods of between 9 and 12 months. The Commissioners are keen to ensure Providers have the best chance to bid for contracts and therefore the intention is to allow up to 12 months for the mobilisation period. The existing contract expires on 31/3/23 and following negotiations an agreement was reached to direct award a 2 year contract with Commissioners to South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (the incumbent supplier) for a contract running from 01/04/2023. This will allow NHS Sussex to undertake a full and proper procurement exercise to mitigate the risks that have been exposed. By awarding an additional contract of 2 years to the incumbent supplier NHS Sussex will have sufficient time required to incorporate the revised national documentation and guidance into the new service specification to benefit all eligible patients. Additionally this will allow NHS Sussex fully incorporate lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic and long term changes to patient behaviours, activity and overall needs. The future tender process for the new NHS Sussex ICB Non-Emergency Patient Transport service is expected to commence during May 2023 with contract award during March 2024 and then mobilisation prior to contract commencement on 01/04/25.