Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group
County Hall, Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
UK
Contact person: Garry Mitchell, Deputy Director of Procurement, South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
E-mail: Scwcsu.clinical.procurement@nhs.net
NUTS: UKK4
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://devonccg.nhs.uk/
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
Non Emergency Patient Transport Service
Reference number: 15N-DA-22-PTS
II.1.2) Main CPV code
60130000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Non-urgent, planned, transportation of patients with a medical need for transport to and from a premises providing NHS healthcare and between NHS healthcare providers in Devon (except Torbay)
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
12 194 050.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
34114122
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK4
Main site or place of performance:
Devon (except Torbay)
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group has awarded a contract for Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) for eligible patients within the local healthcare population.
The NEPTS is a Non-urgent, planned, transportation of patients with a medical need for transport to and from a premises providing NHS healthcare and between NHS healthcare providers in Devon (except Torbay).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
The award decision has been determined as First Care Ambulance Service Ltd as the only provider identified that is capable of supplying the services required for the commissioner within the imposed timeframe.
Agreement has been reached with First Care Ambulance Services and this negotiated procedure without prior publication has been followed and justified under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) 'competition is absent for technical reasons' has been applied where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 15N-DA-22-PTS
Title: Provision of Non Emergency Patient Transport Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24/05/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
First Care Ambulance Service
Ingleside, Brentor,
Tavistock
PL19 0NG
UK
NUTS: UKK4
Internet address(es)
URL: https://firstcareambulance.net/
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 12 194 050.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the 2015 Regulations.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
As described in VI.3, deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the 2015 Regulations.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/06/2022