Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services for BaNES, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire

Please note this advert has been updated to reflect a change in overall financial value. and deadline for bidder submission.

Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES) Clinical Commissioning Groups would like to invite suitably qualified providers to tender for their Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service for residents in these areas.

Any contract let pursuant to this advert will be for an initial term of 7 years, with a possible extension of any period (or periods) up to a further 36 months, as defined and at the discretion of the Commissioner. Services are planned to commence from 01/06/2019.

The Commissioners are seeking to replace the current commissioned Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services with one that involves: • A reduction in on-day/Patient flow activity • A reduction in call centre activity • A simplified payment mechanism Bidders are advised that the Commissioners are not intending to procure an exact "like for like" for the current service. Full details of the specification, activity, scope and requirements can be found in the tender documentation.

This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'current tenders' list on the e-procurement portal (In-tend). https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home

Additional information: To respond to this tender bidders must register on the following e-tendering portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/

Full details of the project can be found on this portal, including instructions of how to register interest and submit a response.