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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

NON-URGENT, HIGH DEPENDENCY PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICES

HealthcareCPV 60130000
Value£16.0m
Deadline1 Sept 2026
Published31 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 31 Jul 202631 days leftCloses 1 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Liz Bailey
elizabeth.bailey@uhnm.nhs.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£16.0mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£17.3m

This is a large award for Transport Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,160 valued Transport Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

High Dependency and Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services.

The Contract will cover all High Dependency and Non-Emergency patient transportation in order that each patient should reach the ward, department or Trust location on time for their appointment and in comfort and without detriment to their medical condition.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Contract will cover all High Dependency

The Contract will cover all High Dependency and Non-Emergency patient transportation in order that each patient should reach the ward, department or Trust location on time for their appointment and in comfort and without detriment to their medical condition.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidOperator licences / driver vetting (DBS for passenger transport)
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d921
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
072833-2026
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