Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Non Emergency Patient Transport
Authority: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: South West (UKK12)
Published estimate£3,201,964≈ £1.7m / year · £3,201,964 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 1 Aug 2025awarded 8 Jan 2026
Award (standstill) to Ambulnz Community Partners Limited
Contract term 1 yr 10 moends 31 Jan 2028 · up to 31 Jan 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe service covers in-scope journeys including inpatient discharges, transfers to discharge support facilities (e.g. Swindon Intermediate Care Centre, Fessey House), and patients registered with BSW ICB GPs, as well as wait-and-return journeys for hospital appointments and ad-hoc transfers authorised to support patient flow.
CPV: Patient-transport vehicles · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£3,201,964
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Award Criteria - Technical: 40%
- Award Criteria - Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Award Criteria - Price: Weightings are 60% Price (Commercial) 40% Quality
- Award Criteria - Technical
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 9 Jul 2025, 17:28 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jan 2026, 10:50 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
C374888- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-038755- Accelerated
- State of urgency
- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055c65Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
- Submission deadline
- 1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Bidders are to complete the documents set out in the tender pack health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
Timeline
9 Jul 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published9 Jul 2025, 17:28 BST
- Clarification questions by1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by336 days ago17 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent285 days ago8 Jan 2026
- Latest notice published284 days ago9 Jan 2026, 10:50 GMT
- Standstill ends272 days ago20 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts202 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jul 2025- Tender notice published9 Jul 2025, 17:28 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published9 Jan 2026, 10:50 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Jan 2026, 10:50 GMT
- Contract signature expected22 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £1,187,4931 award exc. VAT
Bids received 117 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambulnz Community Partners Limited1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: Two 12-month extensions | £1,187,493 | 8 Jan 2026standstill to 20 Jan 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11final-stage tenders | 7 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Ambulnz Community Partners LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender