Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) for North West England

Midlands and Lancashire CSU is working with NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB); NHS Greater Manchester ICB; NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB; and NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB who are looking to undertake a procurement for the provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) to cover Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and Cumbria delivering: - Planned Patient Transport - for routine outpatient appointments - Unplanned Patient Transport - for discharges / short notice bookings - Enhanced Priority Service Transport - for time critical transport for patients attending for haemodialysis or oncology treatments The contract is to be split into 3 LOTs covering the following geographical areas: LOT 1 - Cheshire and Merseyside LOT 2 - Greater Manchester LOT 3 - Lancashire and Cumbria Bidders are invited to bid for one, two or all of the LOTs available. The value of the contract is £58,188,291 per annum across all 3 LOTs. A further breakdown of the contract values per LOT is below: LOT 1: Cheshire and Merseyside - Annual Value: £21,786,724; Total Contract Value: £174,293,792 LOT 2: Greater Manchester - Annual Value: £17,314,806; Total Contract Value: £138,518,448 LOT 3: Lancashire and Cumbria - Annual Value: £19,086,761; Total Contract Value: £152,694,088 TOTAL OF ALL LOTs Annual Value: £58,188,291 TOTAL OF ALL LOTs Total Value: £465,506,328 For this procurement, the Authority may seek clarification on bids that are more than 10% lower or 10% higher than the financial envelope per LOT quoted above. Following clarification, it will reserve the right not to consider Bids that are either above the affordability threshold or unusually low. The awarded contract(s) will be for an initial 5-year period with the option to extend for a further 3-year period.