Coming up· published 30 Oct 2025
Secure Patients Transport- Market Engagement
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham, West Midlands
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is planning Secure Patients Transport- Market Engagement. 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 updated
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 14:53
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Pipeline notice published
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Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2029
Contract ends
3 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is planning Secure Patients Transport- Market Engagement. 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. The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 31 March 2029. It lasts 3 years.
Find a Tender published it on 31 October 2025. The notice number is 070147-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05d824. Bids are made through the buyer's Atamis portal.
Summary of the contracting process
The Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, is in the planning stage of a procurement process for a Secure Patient Transport service. This collaborative effort aims to provide a 24/7 secure transport service, supporting patients detained under the Mental Health Act or at risk, across Birmingham.
Market engagement is underway, with potential suppliers invited to register interest by 17 November 2025. A series of virtual meetings are scheduled to further engage interested parties, ensuring a robust feedback loop on service delivery and specifications. The procurement falls within the 'services' category, with contractual operations expected to commence on 1 April 2026 and conclude by 31 March 2029.
The scope of the service, ensuring 365-day availability, requires providers capable of maintaining a flexible and responsive fleet, adhering to strict safety and quality standards.
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: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2029 (3 years)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement 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
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 070147-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d824
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Town
- Birmingham
- Postcode
- B13 8QY
- Electoral ward
- Edgbaston
- Constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Birmingham
- Area
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Armelle Wollo
- Address
- Birmingham, B13 8QY · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070147-2025
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070139-2025
- Atamis portal, to register and bidatamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-05d824 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Secure Patients Transport- Market Engagement
When will the Secure Patients Transport- Market Engagement tender open?
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health 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 long is the Secure Patients Transport- Market Engagement contract?
The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 31 March 2029 (3 years).
Who is the buyer for Secure Patients Transport- Market Engagement?
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, based in Birmingham, West Midlands. The named contact is Armelle Wollo.
How do I bid for Secure Patients Transport- Market Engagement?
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
- Answer any market engagement questions.
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- Watch for the tender notice.
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