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Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Provision of Transport for Stroke and Suspected Stroke Patients

HealthcareCPV 85143000
Value£300k
Deadline2 Oct 2026
Published8 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 8 Sept 202624 days leftCloses 2 Oct 2026
Who to contact
servicesteam.procurement@somersetft.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
£300ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust publishes Health & Social Care work continuously — 98 notices, roughly one every 9 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

36% of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Procurement of a dedicated transport service for patients requiring repatriation from Hyper Acute Stroke Units to Yeovil District Hospital (YDH) following admission for stroke or suspected stroke (mimics).

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m 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 bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
  • Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
  • 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-06f42b
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
084712-2026
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