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Awarded contract
Published 02 Nov 2016

Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services

SOUTH OF ENGLAND PROCUREMENT SERVICES

Key facts

Contract value
£112,725,000
Awarded
27 Oct 2016
Contract starts
31 Mar 2016
Contract ends
31 Mar 2020
Procedure
Restricted procedure
Buyer type
Other public body

Awarded to 2 suppliers

SupplierValue
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust£50,100,000
Coperforma Limited£62,625,000

Description

Currently, around 280,000 PTS journeys are booked each year, with patients being moved to and from NHS-funded treatment at a range of sites across Sussex including acute hospitals, and local venues providing community-based care. The service is responsible for safely and effectively transporting eligible patients between their nominated place of residence, to, from and between NHS-funded healthcare facilities in a timely manner, so that they can receive the health care for which they are booked. This responsibility includes: • Providing a single point of access and full booking service for patients and HCPs • Equitable and consistent application of the eligibility criteria to all patients and carers • Signposting patients who are not eligible for PTS to alternative transport arrangements • Effective determination of mobility need or needs • Allocation of journeys across the sub-contracted transport providers through an equitable, open and transparent process • Effective communication and collaboration with system wide stakeholders • Coordination and management of all patient journeys • Timely reporting to Commissioners

Additional information: The area covered by this procurement is mainly within the geographical boundaries of the following Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs): NHS Brighton and Hove CCG NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG NHS Crawley CCG NHS Horsham and Mid-Sussex CCG NHS High Weald, Lewes and Havens CCG NHS Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCG NHS Hastings and Rother CCG ***NB: This service does not include Surrey as listed in the UKJ2 description, however some out of area work will be within scope where the patients home address or the required transport destination is outside of the CCG boundaries.***

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