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# Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/non-emergency-patient-transport-service-nepts-ocds-h6vhtk-03be73). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board: "Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS)". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 4 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-lancashire-and-south-cumbria-integrated-care-board-nhs-qe1)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- **Delivery Location:** UKD, UKD1, UKD3, UKD4, UKD6, UKD7
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £144,047,221 (exc. VAT, 8 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03be73`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **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-service-nepts-ocds-h6vhtk-03be73#tl-md)

## Description
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) are publishing this contract award notice on behalf of NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB), NHS Greater Manchester ICB, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB and NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB who have awarded contracts for the provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) to cover Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria delivering:
- Planned Patient Transport - for routine outpatient appointments
- Unplanned Patient Transport - for discharges / short notice bookings, and
- Enhanced Priority Service Transport - for time critical transport for patients attending for haemodialysis or oncology treatments.
This contract award notice is for the direct award of contracts with the existing providers, 24 months from 1st April 2023 to the 31st March 2025.  This is a modification to the VEAT notice reference 2023/S 000-010668 as the contract length now covers 2 years to 31st March 2025.
The current NEPTS contracts were originally procured by competitive tender. There was then a delay in the recommissioning of these services due to the COVID-19 pandemic however work is now underway to develop a North West strategic approach to patient transport being commissioned by the newly formed ICBs that will meet both local and national requirements. To allow the timescales to complete this work and re-procure the service an extension of 24 months is required with the existing providers.
A review of the North West specifications is required to ensure it meets the evolving needs of the ICBs. In addition the National Review of NEPTS produced its final report on patient eligibility criteria in May 2022. This has broadened the criteria under which patients are able to access NHS funded transport and has required additional work on the specifications. The National Review has produced, and continues to produce, additional guidance to be adopted which will impact the North West specifications.
The rationale for the 24-month extension with the existing provider is that it will maintain the continuity of service until such time as a new service can be commissioned that will meet local requirements and incorporate any new national requirements. The extension is only a temporary arrangement to allow the appropriate timescales to re-procure the service (which have previously been delayed due to the pandemic and therefore events that were unforeseeable to the commissioners).

## Lots (4)
> **Shared lot scope:** Extension of the existing contract for a further 24 months until 31 March 2025.
> Applies to lots 1, 2, 3, 4.

### Lot 1: Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Lancashire and South Cumbria
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

### Lot 2: Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - North East & North Cumbria ICB
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

### Lot 3: Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

### Lot 4: Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Greater Manchester ICB
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (8)
- **Award:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Lancashire and South Cumbria (active)
  - Award id: `010668-2023-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **NORTH WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RX7`
  - Value: £14,994,759 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Cumbria ICB (active)
  - Award id: `010668-2023-2-2`
  - Supplier(s): **NORTH WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RX7`
  - Value: £8,019,067 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Cheshire and Merseyside ICB (active)
  - Award id: `010668-2023-3-3`
  - Supplier(s): **NORTH WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RX7`
  - Value: £9,909,898 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Greater Manchester ICB (active)
  - Award id: `010668-2023-4-4`
  - Supplier(s): **NORTH WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RX7`
  - Value: £16,991,211 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Lancashire and South Cumbria (active)
  - Award id: `025660-2023-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **NORTH WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RX7`
  - Value: £32,737,212 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - North Cumbria ICB (active)
  - Award id: `025660-2023-1-2`
  - Supplier(s): **NORTH WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RX7`
  - Value: £5,712,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Cheshire and Merseyside ICB (active)
  - Award id: `025660-2023-1-3`
  - Supplier(s): **NORTH WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RX7`
  - Value: £20,106,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Service - Greater Manchester ICB (active)
  - Award id: `025660-2023-1-4`
  - Supplier(s): **NORTH WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RX7`
  - Value: £35,577,074 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (8)
- **Contract:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Lancashire and South Cumbria (active)
  - Signed Value: £14,994,759
  - Signed Date: 01/02/2023

- **Contract:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Cumbria ICB (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,019,067
  - Signed Date: 01/02/2023

- **Contract:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Cheshire and Merseyside ICB (active)
  - Signed Value: £9,909,898
  - Signed Date: 01/02/2023

- **Contract:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Greater Manchester ICB (active)
  - Signed Value: £16,991,211
  - Signed Date: 01/02/2023

- **Contract:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Lancashire and South Cumbria (active)
  - Signed Value: £32,737,212
  - Signed Date: 01/02/2023

- **Contract:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - North Cumbria ICB (active)
  - Signed Value: £5,712,000
  - Signed Date: 01/02/2023

- **Contract:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Cheshire and Merseyside ICB (active)
  - Signed Value: £20,106,000
  - Signed Date: 01/02/2023

- **Contract:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Service - Greater Manchester ICB (active)
  - Signed Value: £35,577,074
  - Signed Date: 01/02/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025660-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-31T14:53:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:39:42.274Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03be73