Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Procurement Department, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street
Glasgow
G4 0SF
UK
Telephone: +44 1412015388
E-mail: jordan.smith2@nhs.scot
NUTS: UKM82
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nhsggc.scot/about-us/procurement/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10722
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Non-Ambulatory Patient Transport
Reference number: GGC0948
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85143000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHS GGC) and NHS Lanarkshire (NHSL) require suitably qualified and experienced licensed contractors to undertake Non-Ambulatory Patient Transport services in order to procure a single high quality solution covering both Boards.
NHS GGC will act as the procurement lead for this procurement exercise; and NHSL will be a named organisation with access to the framework terms for their own service delivery requirements.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
6 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
60130000
60140000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM82
Main site or place of performance:
NHS GGC Clyde Sector
NHS GGC North Sector
NHS GGC South Sector
NHS Lanarkshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Although most of patient transport in this context is provisioned via the Scottish Ambulance Service, there are occasions where capacity is maximised and it is against this backdrop that the Health Board requires additional patient transport. The transport required is e.g.
Non-ambulatory patients who require to be conveyed on a stretcher
Non-ambulatory patients who require to be conveyed on a trolley/stretcher, chair or stair climbers.
Some patients can be ambulant but require assistance walking to and from their homes and hospital/treatment centres.
This can be for situations where:
A patient is receiving palliative care and needs to be transferred home or to a care home
A patient requires to be transferred from an acute hospital to another hospital.
A patient requires a transfer from an acute hospital in Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Lanarkshire to another acute hospital out with Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Lanarkshire and then potentially returned
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-039807
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: GGC0948
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
14/08/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Alliance Ambulance Services
18 Barrow Drive
East Kilbride
G75 7AB
UK
Telephone: +44 7502222510
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ABC Ambulance Services[UK] Ltd.
20 A Broomburn Drive , Newton Mearns
Glasgow
G77 5JF
UK
Telephone: +44 1324875662
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Amvale Scotland Ltd
110 Stobcross Road
Glasgow
G3 8QQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1724877158
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 6 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:807471)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Glasgow Sheriff Court
1 Carlton Place
Glasgow
G5 9DA
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/08/2025