Official UK procurement notice
Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport Services for the East Midlands and West Midlands Regions
Authority: NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement - Specialised Commissioning Team (referred to as the
Commissioner) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver the Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport Services for the East Midlands region and the West Midlands regional Adult Critical Care Transfer service.
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) is acting as an agent for and on behalf of the Commissioner and is supporting the procurement process. NHS England and NHS Improvement - Specialised Commissioning Team are the
contracting and commissioning authority for the contract resultant from this
procurement and the contract will be held between them and the successful bidder.
CPV: Ambulance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The key objective of this procurement is to select a provider for delivering the…
The key objective of this procurement is to select a provider for delivering the specialised critical care ambulance transport services, to support:
- Neonatal critical care (NCC);
- Paediatric critical care (PCC); and
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) services for paediatric and adult
service users.
In addition, by commissioning a combined Critical Care Ambulance Transport for NCC,
PCC and ECMO pathways the Commissioner(s) would like to attain the following:
- Improve clinical care and safety for patients,
- Improve patient experience,
- Improve performance against KPIs included within the service specification,
- Improve activation times as a result of dedicated ambulance resources,
- Enhance mainstream 999 ambulance service performance by commissioning a
dedicated service, thus reducing the demand upon emergency resources being
utilised for retrieval activity,
- Increase retrieval service resilience for the NCC, PCC and ECMO pathways in the
East Midlands and West Midlands regions,
- Increase Emergency Preparedness Resilience Response (EPRR) regional and
national response capacity for Major Incidents and system capacity issues,
- Connect the transfer teams to clinical hubs via secure vehicle video and
telemedicine link and provide them a consultant level remote decision support.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Jun 2021, 13:36 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
- Authority reference
AG20057- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-011493- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b457Find a Tender
Publisher note: The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. The services described within this notice relate to the Light Touch Regime in the Public Procurement Regulations 2015. Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations. Please see published documentation for further details. If you wish to express an interest and view ITT documents please register on the EU Supply website https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UK . The project reference is Quote/tender 44448 - AG20057 - Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport Services for the East Midlands and West Midlands Regions. Please note the deadline for ITT submissions is 12:00pm on Monday 28th June 2021.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 Jun 2021 → 27 Jul 2021 · 2 dates- Submission deadline28 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jul 2021- Published value published: £19,250,00027 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
- Status changed to active27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
- Procurement method changed27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
- Deadline moved to 28 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST-4 days · was 2 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | 28 Jun 2021 | 2 Jul 2021 | +4 d |
(IV.2.2) Deadline for submissions has been extended to Friday 2nd July 2021
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
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Arden & GEM Commissioning Support UnitReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.