PROVISION OF PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICES (PTS) FOR THE LEICESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED BOARD (ICB)

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR ICB) was seeking to commission a provider or providers to deliver their Patient Transport Services (PTS), to include Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS). The contract currently operating is due to expire on the 30th of June 2024.

The ICB wished to receive responses to the Invitation to Tenders (ITTs) from suitably qualified and experienced Providers with the necessary skill and experience (or a demonstrable ability to provide the skill and experience) to provide the range of services required.

The ICB has re-designed the way Patient Transport Services are specified in Leicestershire. They were looking for stand-alone services for specific cohorts of patients which have varying needs. To that end the re-procurement was split into 3 lots so 3 separate contracts could be awarded, however, bidders had the opportunity to bid for all of the lots or any combination of lots. For the avoidance of doubt each bid was scored on their individual merit. Therefore, it was possible that contracts could have been issued to a single provider.

The lots were split as follows:

Lot 1 Dedicated Renal Dialysis

The Provider is responsible for delivering a dedicated renal dialysis transport provision to all patients who require Dialysis & nocturnal Dialysis and are registered to an LLR GP.

Lot 2 TRIPPS

This service will provide High Dependency/Blue Light, Bariatric and End of Life out of University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) Emergency Departments (ED) and LLR Healthcare Settings to their destination.

Lot 3 NEPTS

The service will provide transport, where a medical condition means that a patient would struggle to safely attend their treatment independently, to LLR registered patients. This will include transport to and from outpatient appointments, discharges, admissions, non-High Dependency transfers, Community Mental Health appointments and therapy groups, including on the day activity and planned.

08/11/2022 - Amendment were made as follows: During the refresh data for Lots 1 and 3 the ICB requested a mini audit of the High Dependency activity that is expected to sit within Lot 2 - TRIPPS. The outcome of this demonstrated a shift in acuity of patients since the original data was published.

These changes have been reflected within the financial envelope thresholds and it had an impact of: Lot 2 - increase of £775,951 over years 1-5 over years 1-5 with the total impact combined for all lots over years 1-5 being an increase of £593,257 for the lower limit cost threshold and an increase of £775,591 for the upper limit cost threshold. For more information, bidders could consult revised Annexes 01 and 05 of the tender documentation.