Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service for Kent & Medway

Concepts

• health services
• maidstone
• medway non-emergency patient transport service
• patient care
• medway integrated care board
• non-emergency patient transport service
• patients
• nhs kent
• nhs kent & medway integrated care board
• medway

Location

Kent:

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NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

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Description

NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board (acting as the Co-ordinating Commissioner) and NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (acting as the Associate Commissioner) are undertaking a procurement process andare inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to bid for a Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service. The contract duration will be for an initial period of 5 years with an option to extend for up to a further 3 years as required.

Total Quantity or Scope

NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board (acting as the Co-ordinating Commissioner) and NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (acting as the Associate Commissioner) are undertaking a procurement process and are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to bid for a Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service. The aim of the Kent and Medway Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service is to provide non-urgent, planned transportation of eligible Kent and Medway patients with a medical need for transport to and from premises providing NHS healthcare, and/or between providers of NHS-funded healthcare. This encompasses a wide range of vehicle types and levels of care consistent with the patients’ medical needs. The service consists of journeys for patients requiring renal dialysis, outpatient appointments, transfers and discharges. The service is critical to support patients and to ensure that health services can work effectively and on time by transporting patients to healthcare appointments and supporting hospital discharges. The model is based on a single point of access where journey requests are made directly by patients/carers and or appropriate healthcare professionals.The geographical scope of this contract includes the transport of all Kent and Medway patients to points of care within Kent, Medway, Bromley, Bexley and also King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ (GSTT) hospital sites.The Transport Provider will ensure that patients access their hospital treatment on time and that the wider system has timely access to patient transport that supports patient care and flow. The contract duration will be 5 years with an option to extend once for a period of 3 years.

Renewal Options

Contract may be extended by up to 3 years.

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** To access the eProcurement portal to access relevant documentation relating thisopportunity, please follow the instructions below:1. Go to https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (and click the link to register (If yourorganisation has not registered previously)2. Once registered, login into the system and look for 'Quote/tender C308001 'Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service for Kent and Medway'This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract issubject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For theavoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply tothis award.