RFP QuestBeta
OpenStage · planning

NHS Highland

Small Isles Charter Service

TransportCPV 60610000
Value£234k
Deadline
Published19 May 2021
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
nhsh.tenders@nhs.scot

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£234ktotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£2.2m

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

NHS Highland is soon to be re-tendering the Contract for the Small Isles Charter Service.

The purpose of this charter services shall be for the safe and timely transport of health professionals between Armadale and each of the Small Isles (The Isle of Eigg, Isle of Rum, Isle of Muck and Canna) on a regular Wednesday/Thursday service all year round.

There shall on occasion be additional ad-hoc requirements out with the scheduled Wednesday/Thursday services for visiting Health Care professionals e.g.

Community Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors, Scottish Ambulance Service First & Emergency Responders.

The departure location for ad-hoc services shall be either Armadale or Mallaig going to The Isle of Eigg and Other Small Isles (Isles of Rum, Isle of Muck and Canna).

NHS Highland is conducting this market research to identify what service options are potentially available to us.

Your feedback will be utilised to inform the commercial strategy and specification of requirements.

We are inviting responses from current or prospective suppliers of Small Isles Charter services and your feedback will inform the commercial strategy and specification.

This PIN Notice and questionnaire is for information gathering and market engagement only.

This is not a call for competition.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The purpose of this charter services shall

The purpose of this charter services shall be for the safe and timely transport of health professionals between Armadale and each of the Small Isles (The Isle of Eigg, Isle of Rum, Isle of Muck and Canna) on a regular Wednesday/Thursday service all year round.

02

There shall on occasion be additional ad-hoc

There shall on occasion be additional ad-hoc requirements out with the scheduled Wednesday/Thursday services for visiting Health Care professionals e.g.

03

The departure location for ad-hoc services shall

The departure location for ad-hoc services shall be either Armadale or Mallaig going to The Isle of Eigg and Other Small Isles (Isles of Rum, Isle of Muck and Canna).

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

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b2c4
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
011091-2021
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