Coming up· published 30 Oct 2025
Secure Patients Transport
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust · Birmingham, West Midlands
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust is planning Secure Patients Transport. It is a contract for other health and social care in Birmingham.
Source: Find a Tender, published 31 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 14:58
View notice2026
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust is planning Secure Patients Transport. It is a contract for other health and social care in Birmingham. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
Find a Tender published it on 31 October 2025. The notice number is 070148-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05d82b. Bids are made through the buyer's Atamis portal.
Summary of the contracting process
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust, is in the planning stage for a procurement titled "Secure Patients Transport." This process aims to develop a multi-agency collaborative to supply a secure vehicle patient transportation service, operating 24/7 throughout the year.
This procurement falls under the health services category and is located in the UKG3 region, Birmingham, with a focus on providing transportation for mental health patients under various situations of security and mobility needs. Key dates for this process include market engagement feedback by 17 November 2025 and a series of virtual meetings for interested providers on 25 and 26 November 2025.
The notice in full
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust are looking to develop a multi-agency collaborative to provide a Secure Patient Transport service for patients, to be conveyed in appropriate vehicles depending on security requirements and mobility type.
It is intended to provide a high quality, patient led service to support patients detained under the Mental Health Act sectioned and voluntary patient at risk of absconding, causing harm to themselves, causing harm to others and in the interest of safety.
The Contract is for the supply of secure vehicle patient transportation Service. This will be 24 hours per day, 365 days per year during the period of the contract including Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays and the service provided must be promptly executed. Vehicles must be available day and night to provide the service to the Trusts as required.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
The BSOL (Birmingham and Solihull) Procurement Collaborative (hosted by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust) acting on behalf of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMH), University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) is currently preparing to initiate a collaborative procurement exercise and intention to issue a tender opportunity for the provision of Secure Patient Transport.
The potential scale and scope of this service is such that it offers a significant opportunity to bidders.
Prior to initiating the procurement, the authorities wish to establish the level of market interest in participating in the procurement process by engaging with Provider (s) for feedback regarding service delivery, lotting structure and draft specification.
Provider (s) who express interest can access a copy of the Pre-engagement Packs as well as the draft service specification on Atamis, to which the authorities welcome feedback and comments by 17:00 on the 17/11/2025 as there is a planned virtual Provider meeting organised for the 26th and 25th of November 2025.
The Trust invite Provider(s) to confirm their interest through the Atamis portal by 17:00 on the 17/11/2025 following which will be invited to a virtual 121 meeting on the 26th of 27th of November 2025 ( dates are not flexibles and individual times/days to be agreed on the 18/11/2025) which will comprise of a presentation and Q&A.
The route to market for this service falls in-scope of the Provider Selection Regime with the
specific procedure(s) as yet to be confirmed.
If you wish to participate, please confirm in writing via the Atamis portal by 17:00 on 17/11/2025.
Any questions asked by Provider(s) must be submitted thorough the Atamis portal only and
the Trust will publish anonymised questions plus responses through the same. The closing
date for questions is 12 noon 14.11.2025.
Provider(s) invited to the meeting on 26th and 27th are asked to provide their presentation slides
by Midday on the 21.11.2025 and submitted through the Atamis portal.
Please be advised that this notice is not a formal call for competition and participation in this
pre-market engagement day is voluntary.
All information provided to the Provider(s) by BSOL Procurement shall be regarded as
confidential and used only to prepare a response to this market engagement.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- 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
- Atamis
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
- 070148-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d82b
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Town
- Birmingham
- Postcode
- B1 3RB
- Electoral ward
- Soho & Jewellery Quarter
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Delivery area
- West Midlands
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Birmingham
- Area
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Armelle Wollo
- Phone
- +44 1213716817
- Address
- Birmingham, B1 3RB · West Midlands · England
Documents and links
Questions about Secure Patients Transport
When will the Secure Patients Transport tender open?
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health 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.
Who is the buyer for Secure Patients Transport?
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, based in Birmingham, West Midlands. The named contact is Armelle Wollo, on +44 1213716817.
How do I bid for Secure Patients Transport?
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
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- Watch for the tender notice.
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