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Awarded· 17 Mar 2025

Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board · East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in East Riding of Yorkshire.

Source: Find a Tender, published 8 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Yorkshire Ambulance Trust NHS Trust

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 07:51

    View notice
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About this tender

In brief

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in East Riding of Yorkshire. The contract went to Yorkshire Ambulance Trust NHS Trust. It was awarded on 17 March 2025. The contract value is £16,403,006.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 8 April 2025. The notice number is 013526-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04fe73.

Summary of the contracting process

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract for Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) under the urgent award provision of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This urgent contract covers services in East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, and York, ensuring transport for patients too ill to travel without assistance or whose conditions may deteriorate during travel.

The awarded contract, valued at approximately £16,403,006, runs from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. The procurement method was limited, without prior publication of a call for competition, to address immediate patient safety needs. The contract was awarded to Yorkshire Ambulance Trust NHS Trust and has been approved by the Finance, Performance and Delivery Committee, with no conflicts of interest reported.

It offers potential contracts in a vital sector that demands high competency in handling a variety of patient conditions and transport needs. The necessity for urgent and high-quality services in these regions highlights an ongoing demand that can drive growth and stability for capable service providers.

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. The service covers East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire and York.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    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. The service covers East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire and York.

    NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB is providing notice of an urgent award under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS16,403,006 Contract term - 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Yorkshire Ambulance Trust NHS Trust
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
Award Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
Large

Values

Contracts value
£16,403,006

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
013526-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fe73
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board is based in East Riding of Yorkshire. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
Town
Hull
Postcode
HU10 6DT
Electoral ward
Willerby and Kirk Ella
Constituency
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Delivery area
Kingston upon Hull, City of, TLE12 East Riding of Yorkshire, TLE13 North and North East Lincolnshire, TLE21 York, TLE22 North Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Sub-region
East Riding of Yorkshire
Area
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Address
East Riding of Yorkshire, HU10 6DT · Yorkshire and The Humber · England

Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Yorkshire Ambulance Trust NHS Trust
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services

Who won the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services contract?

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Yorkshire Ambulance Trust NHS Trust on 17 March 2025.

How much is the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services contract worth?

The contract value is £16,403,006.

Who is the buyer for Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services?

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, based in East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.

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