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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Provision of Secure Patient Transport for Mental Health Patients
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £2,600,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 20 Mar 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have a requirement for Secure Mental Health Patient Transport Services, which involves the safe and appropriate transfer of individuals experiencing acute psychiatric or similar symptoms/crises.
This service would include transfers between hospital sites and to and from other facilities depending on the service level need.
The service must ensure the safety of the patient, transport staff, and the public. It requires trained personnel skilled in de-escalation and restraint, specialist vehicles with appropriate safety modifications, and the use of physical or procedural controls where necessary, particularly for patients detained under the Mental Health Act.
Service requirements should be available 24/7, with journeys being adhoc nature. A robust booking and communication system should be demonstrated. Bookings will be made by our Bed Management team, following the appropriate risk assessment processes.
Journeys may be made on an urgent basis (30 mins), standard same day or pre-planned with 24 to 48 hours notice.
**Intention is to undertake a further Competition against the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Dynamic Purchasing System - LPP/2017/013** Under Lot 3 - Mental Health and Secure Transport Services.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 85143000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 20 Mar 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 20 March 2026.
Release 025807-2026
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06706b
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Sat 4 Apr 2026, 13:51 BST
- Read at
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 06:59 GMT
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