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# Non-Emergency Patient Transport

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/non-emergency-patient-transport-ocds-h6vhtk-06856f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board: "Non-Emergency Patient Transport". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-birmingham-and-solihull-integrated-care-board-nhs-qhl)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG1, UKG3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £42,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06856f`

## 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/non-emergency-patient-transport-ocds-h6vhtk-06856f#tl-md)

## Description
NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB, intend to award a contract for the provision of a Pan-Birmingham non-emergency patient transport service provides patient transport to and from hospital and community health care settings. 
The Pan Birmingham non-emergency patient transport Contract covers where patients have a medical need for transport or require the support of patient transport staff (under the eligibility criteria) for non-emergency patient transport to/from University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and Birmingham Community Healthcare for hospital sites, community clinics and renal dialysis clinics (mainly for patients linked with UHB renal service). The service provides transport for patients with a range of mobilities (wheelchairs, stretchers, bariatric) assessed against an eligibility criteria.
The services are commissioned by Birmingham and Solihull (BSOL) Integrated Care Board (ICB) (who are the coordinating commissioner for the contract) and four other ICBs (Black Country, Coventry and Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, and Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin) for their population also travelling to those same locations.  It also covers Birmingham and Solihull patients travelling to other hospital sites of the other ICBs.
This service is being awarded via Direct Award Process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract is intended to run for 2 years commencing on 1st May 2026 and ending on 30th April 2028. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is anticipated to be £42,000,000.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB, intend to award a contract for the provision of a Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) via Direct Award Process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract is in...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 035260-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RYA`
  - Value: £42,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 035260-2026-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £42,000,000
  - Signed Date: 16/04/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035260-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-17T13:37:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T06:24:21.857Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06856f