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Published 2 Aug 2024, 14:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport - NECTAR

Official notice

Authority: The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North East (UKC22)

Published estimate£10,500,000exc. VAT16.1% above published estimate

Submissions closed 6 Sept 2024awarded 18 Mar 2025

Awarded to IAS Medical

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals appointed IAS Medical to deliver and supply an ambulance fleet and drivers to assist in providing a sustainable transport service for the movement of patients throughout the North East and Cumbria. The patient transport Provider will be flexible, adaptable and resilient and will work in partnership with NECTAR to ensure that the service is able to respond to the changing landscape of health service delivery.<br/><br/>The Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport contract will start on 01 July 2025 with an initial term of 5 years to 30 June 2030 with two options for 12 month extension. <br/><br/>Value - £12,189,581.60 ex VAT including potential extensions

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals is inviting tenders for the provision of Specialised…AwardedRenewalPublished value£10,500,000

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals is inviting tenders for the provision of Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport for NECTAR. The process will be conducted using the Competitive Procedure allowed for within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) 2023.

Delivery: North East · Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE

Extensions: The contract term is for 60 months with the option of 2 x 12 month extensions.Variant bids: not allowed

85100000 Health services

What it takes to win
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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 more

How bids were scored

Price

Conditions of participation1

Suitability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

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: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Yes
First published: 2 Aug 2024, 14:55 BST
Last source update: 22 Apr 2025, 08:59 BST
Award evaluation window: 6 Sept 2024 – …
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-016111
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: North East (UKC22)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04873e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

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Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline: 6 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bid validity: 90 days from the deadline
Bids opened: 6 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

6 Sept 2024 → 22 Apr 2025 · 3 dates

Submission deadline
6 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Bids opened
6 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Notice published
22 Apr 2025, 08:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
19 Mar 2025, 16:35 GMT

Published amendments (1)

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals appointed IAS Medical under PSR to deliver and supply an ambulance fleet and drivers to assist in providing a sustainable transport service for the movement of patients throughout the North East and Cumbria. The patient transport Provider will be flexible, adaptable and resilient and will work in…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £12,189,5821 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 55 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 18 Mar 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
IAS MedicalSME	£12,189,582 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 010227-2025-1 · IAS MedicalSME
Signed
18 Mar 2025
Value
£12,189,582
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad	5	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Regent Point, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, North East, NE7 7DNContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

IAS MedicalAwarded supplier8, Pioneer Court IAS Medical 8, Pioneer Court, Darlington, North East, DL1 4WDContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria