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Published 29 Jul 2026, 13:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Official notice

Authority: Croydon Health Services NHS Trust (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: London (UKI62)

Awarded value£6,810,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 28 Jul 2026no call for competition

Awarded to HATS Group Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) for eligible patients of Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.

CPV: Ambulance services · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The contract provides Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services for eligible patients…Awarded

The contract provides Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services for eligible patients requiring transport to and from healthcare services. The service includes outpatient transport, discharge transport, renal transport, bariatric transport, mental health transport, secure transport and high dependency transport. Following assessment under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, the Authority determined that Direct Award Process C is the appropriate award process.

Delivery: London

85143000 Ambulance services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 29 Jul 2026, 13:29 BST
Last source update: 2 Oct 2026, 10:37 BST
Authority reference: W186189 / C462031
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-093184
Classification (CPV): Ambulance servicesHire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
Delivery area: London (UKI62)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06d679 Find 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: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice published under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The award is being made using Direct Award Process C. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. Croydon Health Services NHS Trust intends to observe the mandatory eight working day standstill period commencing on the day after publication of this notice. Subject to no representations being received during the standstill period, the Trust intends to enter into the contract with the identified provider.

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender

Published amendments (1)

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C.The contract was formally …

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £6,810,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 28 Jul 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
HATS Group Ltd	£6,810,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 071705-2026-1 · HATS Group Ltd
Signed
28 Jul 2026
Value
£6,810,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Croydon University Hospital, 530 London Road, Croydon, London, CR7 7YEContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High Court of Justice for England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

HATS Group LimitedAwarded supplier03135655 44 Weir Road, London, London, SW19 8UGContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.