Closed tender

Provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) for North West England

Details

Value
£468,477,808
Topic
Health services
Published
9 January 2026
Submission
27 February 2026

Tender description

NHS Shared Business Services, acting as an agent for the following NHS Integrated Care Boards: NHS Greater Manchester ICB NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB Is intending to award a contract for the Provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) across Greater Manchester and part of Derbyshire (Glossop Place) in respect of Lot 2 of notice 2026/S 000-001739. Lot 1: This is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process. The scope of services will include: • Planned Patient Transport: Routine transport for outpatient appointments. • Unplanned Patient Transport: Transport for patient discharges and short-notice bookings. • Enhanced Priority Service Transport: Time-critical transport for patients attending haemodialysis or oncology treatments. Approximate lifetime value of the contract is £144,741,878 [Indexation] The service is expected to be provided from the Service Commencement date of 01 April 2027 to the expiry of the initial term on 31 March 2032. The Relevant Authority may extend the contract following the expiry of the initial term by a further three years to expire on 31 March 2035. This service replaces an existing service and will be provided by a new provider.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published9 January 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date27 February 2026

About the buyer

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board is the NHS integrated care board that commissions health services across Lancashire and South Cumbria. Applicants submit gateway proformas and a quality assessment before governance review. The commissioning resource group ratifies new provider contracts before mobilisation.

New provider contracts are assessed under the Provider Selection Regime, in effect nationally since 2023.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board's contract awards have been in health and social work and software and information systems.

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