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Published 30 Sept 2026, 14:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Non Emergency Patient Transport Services for NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)

Services
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Tender notice expected 16 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board is seeking to engage with the market regarding the future provision of Non Emergency Patient Transport Services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

The service will provide safe, effective and timely transport for eligible patients, including planned transport, unplanned transport and enhanced-priority journeys for patients attending time critical treatment.

This notice is intended to inform the market of the ICB's future procurement intentions and invite potential providers to participate in a market engagement event. Feedback will help the ICB finalise the service model, specification, financial arrangements and procurement approach.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board intends to undertake a new provider selection process for Non Emergency Patient Transport Services following the abandonment...Planned
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board intends to undertake a new provider selection process for Non Emergency Patient Transport Services following the abandonment of Lot 1 of the previous North West procurement. The previous process was abandoned due to an error in the published ITT. The ICB has reviewed the issues and is updating the procurement documents, governance and assurance arrangements before restarting the process. The proposed service may include: - Planned and unplanned patient transport, including hospital discharge and short-notice journeys - Priority transport for ti…
Delivery: North West
85100000 Health services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Sept 2026, 14:14 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 14:14 BST
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077da6

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

2 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Notice publishedearlier today
    30 Sept 2026, 14:14 BST
  2. Tender notice expectedin 46 days
    16 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QYG No 1 Lakeside 920 Centre Park Square, Warrington, North West, WA1 1QY [email protected]

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.