Coming up· published 8 Jul 2025
Secure mental health transport
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board · Ipswich, East
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board is planning Secure mental health transport. It is a contract for other health and social care in Ipswich.
Source: Find a Tender, published 8 Jul 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 14:42
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board is planning Secure mental health transport. It is a contract for other health and social care in Ipswich. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
Find a Tender published it on 8 July 2025. The notice number is 038327-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-055b57. Bids are made through the buyer's In-Tend portal.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (SNEE ICB) is planning a procurement process for secure mental health transport services under the industry category of health services. The procurement, currently in the planning stage, will focus on the secure and appropriate transportation of individuals with mental health needs across Suffolk and potentially the entire United Kingdom, excluding North East Essex and Waveney.
A framework accreditation opportunity is expected to be released in autumn 2025, and interested providers can submit responses and receive the current draft specification by emailing procurement@snee.nhs.uk before the deadline of 17:00 on 31 July 2025. This process is part of the Provider Selection Regime with applicable regulations from the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The notice in full
SNEE ICB are planning to formalise the commissioning arrangements in relation to the appropriate and secure transportation of people who have mental health needs in Ipswich and East and West Suffolk. North East Essex and Waveney are currently out of scope for these arrangements. The secure transportation should be delivered with a person-centred and trauma informed approach and should not adversely impact the mental wellbeing of the service user.
Transport will be required within the county of Suffolk and may be required from Suffolk to any area within the United Kingdom. These transport arrangements will contribute to the operation of the crisis and urgent emergency system in Suffolk; and commissioned transport providers will need to have regard to prevent any negative impacts on patient flow across the system.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
In the autumn 2025, SNEE ICB intends to release to the market an accreditation opportunity to provide secure transport services for people with mental health needs in Suffolk on a framework. The current activity cost for secure mental health transportation is PS407,746 per annum.
Prior to this the ICB would like to understand the level of interest in the market and gather input and feedback from interested providers about the current draft specification - to receive a copy of the specification please email: procurement@snee.nhs.uk In conjunction with this, we are also interested to hear your responses to the following questions:
- What factors and/or processes need to be in place to enable you to establish and maintain a positive working relationship with the mental health provider and the advanced mental health practitioner (AMHP) service?
- What key points should be included in a shared risk assessment agreement between a secure mental health transport provider, the mental health provider and the AMHP service?
- Once a vehicle has been booked how many minutes do you consider to be a reasonable response time within the Suffolk geographic area?
- In what ways, other than quality inspections, would you be able to give assurance to ICB commissioners about the quality of your provision and the experience of service users?
Please send responses in respect of the questions and any comments on the specification to procurement@snee.nhs.uk by 17:00 on the 31 July 2025. Please include direct contact information in case the Commissioners would like to discuss your responses further. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Prior Information Notice.
The awarding of any contract in a future procurement process will be subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to any process which may be published in relation to this notice.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- In-Tend
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 038327-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055b57
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Ipswich
- Town
- Ipswich
- Postcode
- IP1 2BX
- Electoral ward
- Gipping
- Constituency
- Ipswich
- Delivery area
- Suffolk CC
- Region
- East
- Sub-region
- Ipswich
- Area
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Jane Garnett
- Address
- Ipswich, IP1 2BX · East · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Secure mental health transport
When will the Secure mental health transport tender open?
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board 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.
Who is the buyer for Secure mental health transport?
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board, based in Ipswich, East. The named contact is Jane Garnett.
How do I bid for Secure mental health transport?
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