Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS)

To provide non-emergency patient transport to patients attached to the SHIP 6 area who require patient transport (this will include Patients who are attached to these CCG's but are located in other hospitals in the UK and require repatriation back to their home area).

The contract will include both the call handling and the patient transport elements and be robust and accessible by a number of systems including online booking and telephone booking with the facility to implement and apply the contracts patient transport eligibility criteria.

This contract requires a diverse fleet of vehicles resourced to accommodate patients who require:

Duration: 3 years + 24months extension

Area Covered: SHIP 6: South Eastern Hampshire CCG, Portsmouth CCG, Fareham & Gosport CCG, Southampton CCG, North Hampshire CCG, West Hampshire CCG, IOW CCG (nominal activity)

Telephone calls received: 60,000 per annum

Online Bookings received per year: 120,000 per annum

Patient journeys per year: 320,000 per annum

Potential contract value (per year): 10.1m per annum (50,500,000 total contract value inc. extension)

Core Outpatient and renal dialysis Operational Time: 7 days a week: 06:30-23:00

Discharges and Transfers: 24/7

TUPE in effect: Yes

Mobilisation period: 6-9 months - ITT document will confirm

Additional information: NHS Fareham & Gosport CCG on behalf of the SHIP 6 collaborative CCGs: NHS South Eastern Hampshire, NHS Portsmouth, NHS Southampton, NHS North Hampshire, and West Hampshire and NHS Isle Of Wight are considering the potential to undertake a procurement to secure Non-emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) within 2019.

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is being released to the market to allow interested parties opportunity to express an interest.

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The Contracting Authority request that expressions of interest are received by 12:00 (noon), 1st March 2018.

This PIN is not commencing a procurement process, any future procurement activity in relation to the services that are the subject of this PIN may be the subject of a separate notice. The CCGs are not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in this process.