Patient Transport Services

Concepts

• hemel hempstead
• passenger cars
• nhs sbs
• patient transport services
• nhs shared business services limited
• transport services
• provision of patient transport services
• provision of patient transport services and related goods and services for healthcare
• transport systems
• consultancy services

Location

Description

PIN NOTICE - NHS SBS intends to put in place a Framework Agreement for the provision of Patient Transport Services and related Goods and Services for Healthcare to be used by NHS SBS Approved Organisations. NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS SBS) act in an Agency capacity for and on behalf of its customers (Approved Organisations) - existing and new. These comprise of NHS and Social Care organisations (whether acting individually, or on behalf of, or together as members of any consortia) along with any other public or private sector bodies which NHS SBS authorises to use the resulting Framework. Our Approved Organisation list can be found on: https://sbs.nhs.uk/proc-framework-agreements-support We are committed to working with suppliers who are dedicated to Sustainability and Social Value and there will be a significant weighting on these elements in the tender.

CPV Codes

• 34110000 - Passenger cars
• 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
• 63516000 - Travel management services
• 71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the market. Please contact NHS SBS via email (nsbs.nhsbusinessservices@nhs.net - FAO Paula Jarvis) to receive a copy of the RFI (Request for Information). NHS Shared Business Services reserve the right to withdraw this notice at any time. NHS Shared Business Services is not bound to accept any proposals submitted by Bidders and is not liable for any costs incurred as a result of Bidders engaging with this process. This Early Market Engagement Exercise does not guarantee that procurement will take place and NHS Shared Business Services reserves the right to defer from any procurement entirely. NHS SBS intends to hold market engagement sessions during August with industry experts and suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the resulting Framework/DPS Agreement NHS SBS will use an eSourcing system for any procurement activity taken subsequent to this PIN and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is SAPAriba Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a Framework Agreement if invited to do so.