CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Somerset CCG — Non Emergency Patient Transport Service.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Predominately Somerset and the surrounding counties.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services for Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is being carried out using an Open Process.

The County of Somerset covers a large geographical area. It has a dispersed, mainly rural population of approximately 540 000 people, with only 1 in 4 of its residents living in 1 of its 3 largest towns; Taunton; Yeovil; and Bridgwater.

Somerset has 2 acute trusts within its borders (Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) as well as 13 community hospitals (run by Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) and 75 GP practices. The Somerset population also relies on access to services in a number of neighbouring out of county trusts. These journeys, referred to as Zone B journeys, are generally for services which are more specialist in nature.

Full details of the specification, activity, scope and requirements can be found in the Contract documentation and the Specification is supported with detailed journey information, maps and background information.

Bidders must be aware of the range of settings of care and the challenges that this diversity presents in terms of the resourcing and planning processes as well as its impact on the load factor and the ratio of loaded to unloaded mileage. Bidders should consider ways of achieving improvements against the current performance.

In constructing the tender the Commissioners have taken steps to ensure that there is an attractive, clear and robust specification and workload for bidders to respond to.

— The Specification excludes car journeys and PTS ambulance journeys which require the support of qualified crews

— The Commissioners have focussed the NEPTS contract on the core ‘traditional’ PTS workload looking to utilise multi-use vehicles to deliver an efficient and effective service.

— Out of area journeys (Zone C) are included within the contract base but with a separate payment tariff.

— The Patient Transport Advice Centre and Authorised Booking staff in the Trusts will make the booking requests and manage the eligibility criteria.

We are actively seeking flexible and solution-orientated companies who are keen to make a positive mark in the NEPTS market.

Our 3 key success factors to achieve from this procurement are:

— The provision of a quality, flexible and responsive service which meets the contracted performance targets.

— Excellent communication — IT and booking systems across the stakeholder community.

— Sustainability — an operational model which strives for innovation and efficiency with experience of delivery.

The duration of the agreement will be for 60 months, with an option to extend to up 24 months.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

SCW/NHS11XCCG/00000108/2015

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice