Provision of a Thames Valley Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service

Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (“CCG”) (on behalf of a consortium of NHS organisations in Thames Valley which also includes Chiltern CCG, Aylesbury Vale CCG, Slough CCG, Bracknell and Ascot CCG, Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCG, Newbury and District CCG, North and West Reading CCG, South Reading CCG, Wokingham CCG, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust) is tendering for a single provider of a Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (“PTS”) for the registered general practice population of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to and from agreed treatment centres within those counties. The approximate number of PTS journeys over the last financial year was c. 314 000 across the region. The contract will run for a period of 5 years with the group having the option to extend for a further 2 year period.

The procurement will be conducted via the www.nhssourcing.co.uk e-tendering website. If you are interested in tendering for this opportunity, please access the website and register your organisation.

Once organisations have registered on the above website they will be given access to the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and related documents. Please note that if you are intending to take part in this process as a consortium you must register on the e-tendering website as that consortium and only complete one PQQ.

All applicants will be asked to complete and return the PQQ (via the website) by 17:00 on 27.3.2015, at the latest.

Following assessment of the PQQs, short-listed applicants will be given access (via the website) to the full ITT documentation and invited to tender for the service.

Should you require any assistance in accessing or registering on the e-tendering website please contact the Bravo eTendering Help-desk — Phone +44 8003684850 and/or email help@bravosolution.co.uk .

Please see OJEU ad ref: 74628-2015 for full advert text and service description.