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title: "Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS)"
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# Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/non-emergency-patient-transport-service-nepts-ocds-h6vhtk-03f894). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board: "Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS)". 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 Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-integrated-care-board-nhs-qyg)
- **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):** Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- **Delivery Location:** UKD6
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £11,300,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03f894`

## 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-service-nepts-ocds-h6vhtk-03f894#tl-md)

## Description
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) are publishing this contract award notice on behalf of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board which has awarded a contract for the provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) to cover Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral.
This contract award notice is for the direct award of contracts with the existing providers, 12 months from 1st April 2024 to the 31st March 2025.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) are publishing this contract award notice on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) which has awarded a contract for the provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transpor...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral (active)
  - Award id: `025662-2023-1`
  - Supplier(s): **West Midlands Ambulance Service**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-183589`
  - Value: £11,300,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Non Emergency Patient Transport Services - Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral (active)
  - Signed Value: £11,300,000
  - Signed Date: 21/08/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025662-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-31T14:56:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:56:07.423Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03f894