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Published 24 May 2024, 15:23 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Taxis Services & Non-Emergency Transportation Services

Official notice

Authority: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesRestricted procedure

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: UKSouth East (UKJ1)

Published estimate£1,070,000exc. VAT4.4% above published estimate

Submissions closed 27 Jun 2024awarded 22 May 2025

Awarded to 500 CARS LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Taxis Services & Non-Emergency Patient Transportation

CPV: Taxi services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (the Authority) is contracting a single…Awarded

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (the Authority) is contracting a single Supplier to provide Taxis Services & Non-Emergency Patient Transportation services from (but not limited to) Prospect Park Hospital, Honey End Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire RG30 4EJ.<br/>The Supplier will provide Services including the safe transportation of Patients and Authority Staff between hospital sites or other community, mental health, and social care settings. Non-emergency transportation may include transportation of pathology samples, medication, medical notes and personal belongings between community, mental health, and social care settings.

Delivery: UK, South East

Extensions: Option for 3x 12month extensions (Maximum duration 5 years)Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

60120000 Taxi 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

Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%

Published sub-criteria (3)

Quality/Technical: 60%
Commercial Pricing: 30%
Corporate Responsibility and Social Value: 10%

Published award criteria (3)

Quality/Technical: 60
Corporate Responsibility and Social Value: 10
Commercial Pricing: 30

What this means for your bid

Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Restricted 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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 24 May 2024, 15:23 BST
Last source update: 23 May 2025, 14:17 BST
Authority reference: BHFT 0492
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-026474
Classification (CPV): Taxi services
Delivery area: UKSouth East (UKJ1)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-046b6f 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

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

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

Submission deadline: 27 Jun 2024, 10:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bid validity: 180 days from the deadline

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

27 Jun 2024 → 23 May 2025 · 3 dates

Submission deadline
27 Jun 2024, 10:00 BST
Invitations to tender expected
12 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
Notice published
23 May 2025, 14:17 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
23 May 2025, 14:17 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,117,0261 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 2

Contracts signed 1latest 22 May 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
500 CARS LIMITEDSME	£1,117,026 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 026474-2025-1 · 500 CARS LIMITEDSME
Signed
22 May 2025
Value
£1,117,026
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
2bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth London House, London Road, Bracknell, South East, RG12 2UTContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body London,
The High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

500 CARS LIMITEDAwarded supplier Unit 2 Bellman Court, Great Knollys Street, Reading, Reading, South East, RG1 7HNContact 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