Official UK procurement notice
WPL05849 - UHS Taxi Service
Authority: University Hospital Southampton (Education)·On behalf of: WESSEX NHS PROCUREMENT LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouthampton General Hospital (SGH), part of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, is exploring opportunities to enhance its patient, visitor, and staff transport options through improved taxi service provision. As a major acute hospital serving the South Coast and beyond, SGH experiences a high volume of daily journeys, and ensuring reliable, safe, and accessible transport is essential to delivering a positive experience for all site users.
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CPV: Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewalPublished value£1,200,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 40%
- Pricing: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Pricing
- Quality
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jul 2025, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Dec 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
WPL05849- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-085431- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055775Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Jan 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Jan 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Jul 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published2 Jul 2025, 12:05 BST
- Market engagement28 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
The contracting Authority will be holding Teams slots with the relevant department to discuss and understand the appetite, capabilities and capacity of suitable suppliers who could provide a service to the Trust. This will then provide insight into the most appropriate procurement strategy to follow. UHS are looking to hold these sessions week commencing 21st July 2025.
Please submit any expressions of interest via email to [email protected] by Tuesday 15th July, making sure you include the email addresses of those who wish to attend. A time slot will then be allocated to you and a Teams invite sent out.
- Latest notice published306 days ago22 Dec 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Tender notice expected288 days ago9 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification questions by281 days ago16 Jan 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadline267 days ago30 Jan 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by236 days ago2 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts207 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Jul 2025, 12:05 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published22 Dec 2025, 14:05 GMTUK3
- Status changed to planned22 Dec 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Procurement method changed22 Dec 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Deadline published: 30 Jan 2026, 16:00 GMT22 Dec 2025, 14:05 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
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- WESSEX NHS PROCUREMENT LIMITEDProcuring entityWPL provides procurement services on behalf of UHS
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender