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# Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services

[Wirral CCG](https://tendernation.io/buyers/wirral-ccg)

Estimated value

Not stated

Published

31 May 2018

Deadline

Rolling deadline

## Who can bid

- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

The NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups of Eastern Cheshire, South Cheshire, West

Cheshire, Vale Royal, Warrington and Wirral have requested provision of nonemergency

patient transport services to be delivered under terms of the NHS

Standard Contract and to agreed service levels.

Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) comprises the movement of

eligible patients whose condition is not considered an 'emergency' between

patients' homes, hospitals, community setting or other NHS funded treatment

centres for people referred for consultations, treatments or procedures. This

encompasses a wide range The NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups of Eastern Cheshire, South Cheshire, West

Cheshire, Vale Royal, Warrington and Wirral have requested provision of nonemergency

patient transport services to be delivered under terms of the NHS

Standard Contract and to agreed service levels.

Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) comprises the movement of

eligible patients whose condition is not considered an 'emergency' between

patients' homes, hospitals, community setting or other NHS funded treatment

centres for people referred for consultations, treatments or procedures. This

encompasses a wide range The NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups of Eastern Cheshire, South Cheshire, West

Cheshire, Vale Royal, Warrington and Wirral have requested provision of nonemergency

patient transport services to be delivered under terms of the NHS

Standard Contract and to agreed service levels.

Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) comprises the movement of

eligible patients whose condition is not considered an 'emergency' between

patients' homes, hospitals, community setting or other NHS funded treatment

centres for people referred for consultations, treatments or procedures. This

encompasses a wide range of vehicle types and levels of care consistent with the patients medical needs

The services sought include both the call handling and the patient transport

elements and any solution proposed must be robust, accessible by a number of

systems and encompass service management requirements. For example, the online

and telephone booking systems must be capable of confirming a patients'

conformance with transport eligibility criteria in real time.

This contract requires a diverse fleet of vehicles resourced to accommodate patients

who require:

### Car vehicles

Single man patient transport vehicles

2 man crew patient transport vehicles

Wheelchair accessible vehicles

### Stretcher vehicles

### Bariatric and multi-people lift vehicles

Appropriate real time patient services booking and management systems.

The new service will simplify and improve the efficiency of Non Emergency Patient

Transport pathways and ensure equity of service provision in line with legislation

and Department of Health and NHS England regulations and guidance. The services

will be flexible, available on short notice and accessed through a Centralised

Booking Service.

Additional information:

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to alert the market for engagement purposes

in advance of the publication of an Invitation to Tender process. Commissioners

invite the market to attend a bidder engagement event on 28th June 2018 from

12.00pm-5pm, in the Mulberry/Cedar Room, The Centre, Birchwood Park, Warrington, WA3 6YN

Please note due to space limitations we are only able to accommodate 2 delegates per organisation. If you could confirm attendance by email to  by 21st June 2018 12:00

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## CPV classification

Ambulance services

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

[View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/c265a656-e4f4-4ed6-84a6-c6757039bc4d)

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