Official UK procurement notice
NON-URGENT, HIGH DEPENDENCY PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICES
Authority: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHigh Dependency and Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services. The Contract will cover all High Dependency and Non-Emergency patient transportation in order that each patient should reach the ward, department or Trust location on time for their appointment and in comfort and without detriment to their medical condition.
CPV: Ambulance services · Health services · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£16,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Within the Procurement Specific Questionnaire
- Technical & professional ability
Within the Procurement Specific Questionnaire and Technical & Value Questionnaire.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical & Value Questionnaire: 66%
- Commercial Envelope: 34%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical & Value Questionnaire: 66%
- Commercial Envelope: 34%
- Economic & financial standing
Within the Procurement Specific Questionnaire
- Technical & professional ability
Within the Procurement Specific Questionnaire and Technical & Value Questionnaire.
- Price carries 34 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Jul 2026, 15:24 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2026, 15:24 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
C453466- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072833- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d921Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
31 Jul 2026 → 1 Jun 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published85 days ago31 Jul 2026, 15:24 BST
- Clarification questions by68 days ago17 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline53 days ago1 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 37 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 219 days1 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published31 Jul 2026, 15:24 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender