Awarded· 5 Oct 2025
Non Emergency Patient Transport
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust · Dartford, South East
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Non Emergency Patient Transport. It is a contract for other health and social care in Dartford.
Source: Find a Tender, published 22 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 12:12
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 09:23
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About this tender
In brief
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Non Emergency Patient Transport. It is a contract for other health and social care in Dartford. The contract went to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. It was awarded on 5 October 2025.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 22 October 2025. The notice number is 067357-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05cc3f.
Summary of the contracting process
The public procurement contract for "Non Emergency Patient Transport" was managed by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, located in Dartford, United Kingdom. This procurement falls under the services category within the healthcare sector, specifically focusing on ambulance services classified under CPV code 85143000. The latest update in the tender process occurred on 22 October 2025.
The procurement method used was a limited process, targeting a direct award without prior publication of a call for competition, due to the nature of the service constituting a repetition of existing services. The contract was awarded to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, and the signing of the contract took place on 6 October 2025. Although the process involved only one bid submitted, it completed successfully.
The procurement method, focused on direct awards, underscores the importance of establishing and maintaining relationships with public healthcare bodies like the NHS trusts, which could be advantageous for both large-scale operations and smaller enterprises capable of niche service delivery.
The notice in full
Provision of Non Emergency Transport for Patient Use
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Provision of Non Emergency Transport for Patient Use
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 067357-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05cc3f
- CPV code
- 85143000 - Ambulance services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Dartford
- Town
- Dartford
- Postcode
- DA2 7WG
- Electoral ward
- Maypole & Leyton Cross
- Constituency
- Dartford
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Kent Thames Gateway
- Area
- Kent
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Peter Haslam
- Address
- Dartford, DA2 7WG · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Non Emergency Patient Transport
Who won the Non Emergency Patient Transport contract?
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust on 5 October 2025.
Who is the buyer for Non Emergency Patient Transport?
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, based in Dartford, South East. The named contact is Peter Haslam.
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