Official UK procurement notice
Non Emergency Patient Transport Service
Authority: NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNon-urgent, planned, transportation of patients with a medical need for transport to and from a premises providing NHS healthcare and between NHS healthcare providers in Devon (except Torbay)
CPV: Patient-transport vehicles · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group has awarded a contract for Non-Emergency…Awarded
NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group has awarded a contract for Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) for eligible patients within the local healthcare population.
The NEPTS is a Non-urgent, planned, transportation of patients with a medical need for transport to and from a premises providing NHS healthcare and between NHS healthcare providers in Devon (except Torbay).
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Jun 2022, 16:42 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Jun 2022, 16:42 BST
- Authority reference
15N-DA-22-PTS- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-015411- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0342d9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The award decision has been determined as First Care Ambulance Service Ltd as the only provider identified that is capable of supplying the services required for the commissioner within the imposed timeframe.
Agreement has been reached with First Care Ambulance Services and this negotiated procedure without prior publication has been followed and justified under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) 'competition is absent for technical reasons' has been applied where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists.
- Review procedure
As described in VI.3, deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the 2015 Regulations.
Publisher note: The deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the 2015 Regulations.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Care Ambulance ServiceProvision of Non Emergency Patient Transport Service | £12,194,050 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Non Emergency Patient Transport Service · First Care Ambulance Service
- Signed
- 24 May 2022
- Value
- £12,194,050
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- First Care Ambulance ServiceAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.