Official UK procurement notice
Patient Transport Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Scottish Ambulance Service (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Patient Transport Services.
The total number of lots is 3
West of Scotland, East of Scotland and North of Scotland.
From the tenders received, the Authority intends to appoint a maximum of one provider each for lots
Service coverage is required 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year.
Please refer to the ITT Documents on PCS-Tender for more information.
CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 3 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 1 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · a supplier may bid for at most 3 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1West RegionAwardedRenewal
This Lot covers the transportation of Patients within the West of Scotland area.
The Provider may be required to pick up patients from across the region.
For these journeys, the potential providers will be expected to be available at very short notice and journeys could take place anytime including overnight, weekends, and public holidays.
A maximum of One provider will be appointed to this lot.
Lot #2East RegionAwardedRenewal
This Lot covers the transportation of Patients within the East of Scotland area.
The Provider may be required to pick up patients from across the region.
For these journeys, the potential providers will be expected to be available at very short notice and journeys could take place anytime including overnight, weekends, and public holidays.
A maximum of One provider will be appointed to this lot.
Lot #3North RegionAwardedRenewal
This Lot covers the transportation of Patients within the North of Scotland area.
The Provider may be required to pick up patients from across the region.
For these journeys, the potential providers will be expected to be available at very short notice and journeys could take place anytime including overnight, weekends, and public holidays.
A maximum of One provider will be appointed to this lot.
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 (3)
- Quality: 60%
- price: 30%
- Social & Environmental: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 60
- Social & Environmental: 10
- Price: 30
- Suitability
Interested providers are required to have all necessary registrations, permissions and licences that would enable them to provide this sort of service. Providers are required to conform with all regulations in the UK that are applicable in providing this sort of service.
Please see the ITT documents on PCS-Tender for further information.
- Economic & financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
- Technical & professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Patient Transport Service” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Apr 2022, 15:30 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Aug 2022, 08:48 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 12 May 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-022723- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032cc4Find a Tender
- Performance terms
National Health Service Scotland (NHSS) Contract Terms & Conditions for the Purchase of Services shall apply. Please note that the terms and conditions may be subject to amendments or supplemented with other Special Conditions.
See the ITT Documents on PCS-Tender for further information.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:702200)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 12 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 12 May 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
12 May 2022 → 17 Aug 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown12 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened12 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published17 Aug 2022, 08:48 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete17 Aug 2022, 08:48 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £800,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
West Region
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
East Region
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
North Region
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · West Region | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 2 · East Region | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 3 · North Region | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- British Red CrossFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.