Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS)

2. VI.3.0.1

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to confirmation of contract award notice. The Standstill Period will begin on the day after the publication of this notice and shall end at midnight on the 17th September 2025. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority in writing to the named Contact Person. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract awarded under the PSR.Written representations should be sent to wyicb-kirk.procurement@nhs.net Your response must include the information belowCost criterion / Price The existing provider(s) is satisfying the contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.Weighting:100The service has been reviewed against the key criteria of the Provider Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime. The criteria were given the following weightings throughout.Quality and innovation (including performance): 60%, including 40% for performance against contractual KPIs. Value: 10%Integration, collaboration and service sustainability: 10%Improving access, reducing health inequalities and improving choice: 10%Social value: 10%The existing provider scored over 70%, which is the Contract Authority’s pass mark to proceed with the intent to award notice.The existing provider has consistently met the majority of KPIs (6 out of 9) within the preceding 12 months. Under-performance against 2 out of 9 KPIs has been marginal, and where performance improvement can be evidenced throughout the preceding 12 months. The Contracting Authority has assessed this to be acceptable. The existing provider’s non-achievement of 1 Key Performance Indicator - for its call-handling response - has been scrutinised (throughout the 2024/25 financial year) and has been subject to a specific project since April 2025 to reduce the volume of calls and improve performance. From April 2025 to July 2025, under-performance is now marginal and the KPI has been met in-full for June and July 2025. The Contracting Authority has assessed this to be acceptable. Regime) Regulations 2023. For the other aspects avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the key criteria, the Contracting Authority adopted a standardised scoring matrix. Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This consisted of assessing contract has now been formally awarded using the information from the review of service against the requirements listed within the statutory guidance for the Provider Selection Regime. There are no declarations of Interest. Direct Award C process.