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Provision Of Taxi Services for ELHT and BTH

Buyer: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust →

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BuyerEast Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
StatusAwarded
Deadline12 Jun 2026
Value£738,353
Published21 Aug 2026

What is being bought

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust seeks to award contract(s) to suitably qualified and experienced providers for the delivery of Taxi Services supporting Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Hospital. The required services include, but are not limited to: • Patient transport (non emergency) • Staff transport • Ad hoc pick ups and drop offs • Transport of clinical items such as samples and case notes Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks to award a contract to a suitably qualified provider for the provision of Taxi Services for Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Services required include: • Patient transport (non emergency) • Staff transport • Ad hoc pick ups and drop offs • Transport of clinical items such as samples and case notes

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Lot 2

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Lot 3

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Taxi Services for ELHT - Blackburn area

Statusactive
Value£277,985

Taxi Services for ELHT - Burnley area

Statusactive
Value£104,472

Taxi services for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals

Statusactive
Value£258,353

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0675e8
Latest release ID079771-2026
Latest release timestampFri Aug 21 2026 09:11:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044338-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source3
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release3
Contracts in latest release3
Parties in latest release5

Notice history

DateEventReference
21 Aug 2026award, contract079771-2026
13 Jul 2026award, contract065656-2026
14 May 2026tender044338-2026
27 Mar 2026planning028265-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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        {
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Complete JSON history (4 releases)
21 Aug 2026 · 079771-2026 · award, contract
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    "name": "East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust"
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          "name": "IROAM Private Hire"
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              "id": "frequency",
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                "durationInMonths": 1
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                "durationInMonths": 1
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        {
          "id": "0689",
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              "id": "frequency",
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                "durationInMonths": 1
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        {
          "id": "0690",
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          "observations": [
            {
              "id": "frequency",
              "period": {
                "durationInMonths": 1
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        {
          "id": "0691",
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            {
              "id": "frequency",
              "period": {
                "durationInMonths": 1
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        {
          "id": "0692",
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            {
              "id": "frequency",
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                "durationInMonths": 3
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        {
          "id": "0693",
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            {
              "id": "frequency",
              "period": {
                "durationInMonths": 1
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        {
          "id": "0694",
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        {
          "id": "0695",
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        {
          "id": "0696",
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            {
              "id": "frequency",
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                "durationInMonths": 1
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        {
          "id": "0697",
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            {
              "id": "frequency",
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                "durationInMonths": 1
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        {
          "id": "0698",
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              "id": "frequency",
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                "durationInMonths": 1
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          "id": "0699",
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                "durationInMonths": 1
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13 Jul 2026 · 065656-2026 · award, contract
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14 May 2026 · 044338-2026 · tender
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27 Mar 2026 · 028265-2026 · planning
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