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title: "Patient Transport Services from Aberdeen Airport and/or ferry terminal to Aberdeen Hospitals"
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# Patient Transport Services from Aberdeen Airport and/or ferry terminal to Aberdeen Hospitals

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/patient-transport-services-from-aberdeen-airport-and-or-ferry-terminal-to-aberdeen-hospita-ocds-h6vhtk-0407c6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Orkney: "Patient Transport Services from Aberdeen Airport and/or ferry terminal to Aberdeen Hospitals". Published status: complete. Published Value: £900,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Orkney](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-orkney-GB-FTS-41644)
- **Published Value:** £900,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 November 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver, Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM50
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £950,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/patient-transport-services-from-aberdeen-airport-and-or-ferry-terminal-to-aberdeen-hospita-ocds-h6vhtk-0407c6#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0407c6`

## 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/patient-transport-services-from-aberdeen-airport-and-or-ferry-terminal-to-aberdeen-hospita-ocds-h6vhtk-0407c6#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/patient-transport-services-from-aberdeen-airport-and-or-ferry-terminal-to-aberdeen-hospita-ocds-h6vhtk-0407c6#participate

## Description
NHS Orkney Health Board has a requirement for the provision of a patient transport service for non-emergency patients and their escorts from both Orkney and Shetland. The contractor shall be responsible for the assistance and safe passage of the patients between Aberdeen Airport and/or Ferry Terminal and various hospitals in the Aberdeen area.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60170000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £900,000
- **Description:** NHS Orkney Health Board has a requirement for the provision of a patient transport service for non-emergency patients and their escorts from both Orkney and Shetland. The contractor shall be responsible for the assistance and safe passage of the pati...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 003893-2024-ORK052023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Falcon Coach Hire Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-92848`
  - Value: £950,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 003893-2024-ORK052023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £950,000
  - Signed Date: 30/01/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003893-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-06T14:15:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T17:30:04.088Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0407c6