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title: "Paediatric Critical Care Transport, Clinical Advice and Bed Location Service (the Service) across the East of England region (excluding Milton Keynes)"
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# Paediatric Critical Care Transport, Clinical Advice and Bed Location Service (the Service) across the East of England region (excluding Milton Keynes)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/paediatric-critical-care-transport-clinical-advice-and-bed-location-service-the-service-ac-ocds-h6vhtk-033186). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England: "Paediatric Critical Care Transport, Clinical Advice and Bed Location Service (the Service) across the East of England region (excluding Milton Keynes)". 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 England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-gov-pb481)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £22,260,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-033186`

## 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/paediatric-critical-care-transport-clinical-advice-and-bed-location-service-the-service-ac-ocds-h6vhtk-033186#tl-md)

## Description
Service across the East of England region (excluding Milton Keynes) to ensure that critically ill children have equitable access to timely, safe and clinically effective service provision wherever they present in a geographical area. The Service only provides transport between hospitals and does not respond to ‘primary’ 999 calls.
The Service will be available at all times (24/7) for all units within the East of England geographical catchment area to provide:
• Clinical advice to referring clinicians
• Safe and effective transfers for critically ill children (including ventilated)
• A bed location service for Paediatric Critical Care transfers
The initial estimated total contract value is £22,260,000 (which covers a contract period of 5 years plus the option to extend for further 2 years). This may be subject to contract variation during the life of the contract potentially bringing the contract value to £32,760,000.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 85100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Paediatric Critical Care Transport, Clinical Advice and Bed Location Service (the Service) across the East of England region (excluding Milton Keynes)

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Paediatric Critical Care Transport, Clinical Advice and Bed Location Service (the Service) across the East of England region (excluding Milton Keynes) (active)
  - Award id: `010985-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-148352`
  - Value: £22,260,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Paediatric Critical Care Transport, Clinical Advice and Bed Location Service (the Service) across the East of England region (excluding Milton Keynes) (active)
  - Signed Value: £22,260,000
  - Signed Date: 31/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010985-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-04-28T14:54:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T13:00:53.570Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-033186