Coming up· published 30 May 2025
Patient Transport for Transplant Patients
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge, East
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is planning Patient Transport for Transplant Patients. It is a contract for other health and social care in Cambridge.
Source: Find a Tender, published 30 May 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 10:16
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2025
Contract starts
Next
2030
Contract ends
5 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is planning Patient Transport for Transplant Patients. It is a contract for other health and social care in Cambridge. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £670,000. The contract runs from 31 August 2025 to 31 July 2030. It lasts 5 years.
The buyer marks it as suitable for VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 30 May 2025. The notice number is 028712-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05297f.
Summary of the contracting process
The Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, United Kingdom, is in the planning stage of a procurement process for 'Patient Transport for Transplant Patients'. This contract involves providing urgent transport services for transplant patients, ensuring they are brought to the hospital on short notice with the necessary oxygen capacity. The procurement falls under the industry categories of road transport and health services.
Initial pre-market engagement activities are scheduled for June 2025, with the registration of interest document available to suppliers. This stage includes virtual supplier engagement sessions expected to conclude by 30th June 2025. The procurement process, classified as services, has a total estimated value of £804,000 gross and is expected to commence on 1st September 2025 for a duration extending to 31st July 2030.
The notice in full
Patient transport service for transplant patients, which provides for the collection of recipients on a regional and national basis, bringing them into the Hospital at short notice and with O2 capacity. This is an urgent transport service rather than a fully equipped ambulance service.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 31 Aug 2025 to 31 Jul 2030 (5 years)
- Suitable for
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £670,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 028712-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05297f
- CPV code
- 60100000 - Road transport services; 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport); 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Cambridge
- Town
- Cambridge
- Postcode
- CB2 0AY
- Electoral ward
- Queen Edith's
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East
- Sub-region
- Cambridgeshire CC
- Area
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Andrew Moore
- Phone
- 07745649631
- Address
- Cambridge, CB2 0AY · East · England
Documents and links
Questions about Patient Transport for Transplant Patients
When will the Patient Transport for Transplant Patients tender open?
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How much is the Patient Transport for Transplant Patients contract worth?
The estimated value is £670,000. The contract runs from 31 August 2025 to 31 July 2030 (5 years).
Who is the buyer for Patient Transport for Transplant Patients?
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, based in Cambridge, East. The named contact is Andrew Moore, on 07745649631.
How do I bid for Patient Transport for Transplant Patients?
Register on the buyer's portal named in the notice, download the tender pack and check every condition of participation before you start writing. The buyer has marked it as suitable for VCSEs. Care Sync Experts writes and reviews care tender bids from £1,500 + VAT.
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
- Answer any market engagement questions.
- Gather your evidence and case studies now.
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- Watch for the tender notice.
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