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NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) for North West England
Live: the notice is at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No deadline statedThe source does not state a submission deadline.
- Published
- 3 Aug 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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NHS Shared Business Services, acting as an agent for the following NHS Integrated Care Boards:
NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB,
NHS Greater Manchester ICB,
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB,
NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB, and
NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB
Who will be launching a procurement for the Provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) across Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside, Cumbria and part of Derbyshire.
The scope of services will include:
• Planned Patient Transport: Routine transport for outpatient appointments.
• Unplanned Patient Transport: Transport for patient discharges and short-notice bookings.
• Enhanced Priority Service Transport: Time-critical transport for patients attending haemodialysis or oncology treatments.
The contract opportunity will be structured into three LOTs, each covering specific geographical areas:
• LOT 1: Cheshire and Merseyside
• LOT 2: Greater Manchester (GM) and Derby and Derbyshire (Glossop Place)
• LOT 3: Lancashire & South Cumbria (L&SC) and North East & North Cumbria (North Cumbria Place)
The contracts awarded under each Lot will have an initial term of five years from expected Service Commencement date 01 April 2027 with an option to extend the initial term by a further three years to expire on 31 March 2035.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 85100000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
4 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 9 Jan 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 9 January 2026.
Deadline in this release: Fri 27 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT.
Release 001739-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 3 Aug 2026Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 3 August 2026. Stated change: NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board has decided to abandon the Procurement for Lot 1 and will not proceed to contract award. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) notice that this provider selection process has been abandoned and a contract has not been awarded. This process has been abandoned under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply. During the evaluation process, the Relevant Authority identified an error in the financial envelope included within the procurement documentation, meaning that the information provided to bidders did not accurately reflect the intended funding position for the services. The Relevant Authority has determined that continuing with the current process would risk compromising the fairness, transparency and integrity of the procurement. The Relevant Authority will consider the appropriate next steps for the requirement in Lot 1 of the Procurement. Any future opportunity will be advertised in line with the Relevant Authority's obligations under the Provider Selection Regime.
Release 073242-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 3 Aug 2026Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 3 August 2026. Stated change: NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria and NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Boards have decided to abandon the Procurement for Lot 3 due to no compliant bids being received and will not proceed to contract award This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) notice that this provider selection process has been abandoned and a contract has not been awarded. This process has been abandoned under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply. The Relevant Authority will consider the appropriate next steps for the requirement in Lot 3 of the Procurement. Any future opportunity will be advertised in line with the Relevant Authority's obligations under the Provider Selection Regime.
Release 073246-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 3 Aug 2026Award notice
Award notice published 3 August 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 073251-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a submission deadline.
- The source does not state a usable value.
06/ Questions
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07/ Related
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-060285
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Last verified
- Sun 9 Aug 2026, 08:16 BST
- Read at
- Tue 20 Oct 2026, 19:12 BST
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