Awarded· 3 Sept 2025
Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS)
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board · Wakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS). It is a contract for other health and social care in Wakefield.
Source: Find a Tender, published 2 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 12:59
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 16:19
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About this tender
In brief
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS). It is a contract for other health and social care in Wakefield. The contract went to Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. It was awarded on 3 September 2025. The contract value is £32,500,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 2 October 2025. The notice number is 061921-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-059426.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract for Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) to the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. This service, classified under the industry category of "Ambulance services," focuses on providing both pre-planned and unplanned transport to help eligible patients access NHS-funded care, catering to those with specific mobility and health requirements.
Located in Wakefield, United Kingdom, this procurement process has reached the award stage as of 2nd October 2025, with the contract set to span from 1st October 2025 to 31st July 2027. The procurement method used was a limited procedure without prior publication, justified under the Provider Selection Regime, with a contract value of £32,500,000.
The notice in full
Non-emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) provides pre-planned and on-day (unplanned) transport to support eligible patients to access NHS funded care. NEPTS caters for those patients who are either too ill to get to hospital without assistance or for whom travelling may cause their condition to deteriorate.
The service provides for a wide range of patient mobilities, requiring a variety of vehicle types and levels of care consistent with the patient's medical needs - including specialist moving and handling or support during transport such as provision of oxygen.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The Contract Authority, the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, intends to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C. The authority is publishing this notice in Find a Tender in accordance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime.
The Contract Term is 22 months. 1st October 2025 to the 31st July 2027. Additional information: The existing provider(s) is satisfying the contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
The criteria of the PSR have been applied as follows:
Quality and innovation (including performance): 60%
Value: 10%
Integration, collaboration and service sustainability: 10%
Improving access, reducing health inequalities and improving choice: 10%
Social value: 10%
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS 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
- Contracts value
- £32,500,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 061921-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059426
- CPV code
- 85143000 - Ambulance services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Town
- Wakefield
- Postcode
- WF1 1LT
- Electoral ward
- Wakefield North
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell
- Delivery area
- West Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Sub-region
- Wakefield
- Area
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Simon Rowe
- Address
- Wakefield, WF1 1LT · Yorkshire and the Humber · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS 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 Services (NEPTS)
Who won the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) contract?
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust on 3 September 2025.
How much is the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) contract worth?
The contract value is £32,500,000.
Who is the buyer for Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS)?
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, based in Wakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber. The named contact is Simon Rowe.
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