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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Non-Emergency Patient Transport

NHS BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 21:06.

Opportunity overview

NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB, intend to award a contract for the provision of a Pan-Birmingham non-emergency patient transport service provides patient transport to and from hospital and community health care settings. The Pan Birmingham non-emergency patient transport Contract covers where patients have a medical need for transport or require the support of patient transport staff (under the eligibility criteria) for non-emergency patient transport to/from University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and Birmingham Community Healthcare for hospital sites, community clinics and renal dialysis clinics (mainly for patients linked with UHB renal service). The service provides transport for patients with a range of mobilities (wheelchairs, stretchers, bariatric) assessed against an eligibility criteria. The services are commissioned by Birmingham and Solihull (BSOL) Integrated Care Board (ICB) (who are the coordinating commissioner for the contract) and four other ICBs (Black Country, Coventry and Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, and Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin) for their population also travelling to those same locations. It also covers Birmingham and Solihull patients travelling to other hospital sites of the other ICBs. This service is being awarded via Direct Award Process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract is intended to run for 2 years commencing on 1st May 2026 and ending on 30th April 2028. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is anticipated to be £42,000,000.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Classification

  • CPV85100000 — Health services

Lots

  • NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB, intend to award a contract for the provision of a Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) via Direct Award Process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract is intended to run for 2 years commencing on 1st May 2026 and ending on 30th April 2028. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is anticipated to be £42,000,000.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
Pan Birmingham NEPT - QHL BSOL ICB and WMAS
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023, save for those provisions specifically detailed in the Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025, do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 29th April 2026. This contract has not yet been formally awarded. This notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
85100000
Description
Health services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB, intend to award a contract for the provision of a Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) via Direct Award Process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract is intended to run for 2 years commencing on 1st May 2026 and ending on 30th April 2028. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is anticipated to be £42,000,000.
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Name
See detail in VI.3 below
Type
cost
Description
0

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG1
Entry 2
Region
UKG3

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
NHS BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Id
GB-NHS-QHL

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Id
QHL
Scheme
GB-NHS

Address

Street Address
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board Alpha Tower, 8th Floor, Suffolk Street Queensway
Locality
Birmingham
Region
UKG31
Postal Code
B11TT
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
BSOL contracts team

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
07
Description
Health
Organisation 2
Name
West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust
Id
GB-NHS-Y60

Identifier

Legal Name
West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust
Id
Y60
Scheme
GB-NHS

Address

Street Address
Ambulance Headquarters, Millennium Point, Waterfront Business Park, Waterfront Way
Locality
Brierley Hill
Region
UKG
Postal Code
DY5 1LX
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board
Id
GB-FTS-124921

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board

Address

Street Address
Alpha Tower, 8th Floor, Suffolk Street Queensway
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B1 1TT
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
035260-2026-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-NHS-Y60
Name
West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
035260-2026-1
Award ID
035260-2026-1
Status
active
Date Signed
17 Apr 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
42,000,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Birmingham · UKG31 · B11TT · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG1
  • Delivery location · UKG3

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 035260-2026award, contract ·