Staff Taxi Services

Tender description

Provision of Staff Transport services for multiple NHS Trusts in London.<br/><br/>The purpose of the Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to notify the market of an upcoming requirement and also to act as pre-market engagement exercise in the form of a Request For Information (RFI).<br/><br/>The RFI will help inform the specification, the strategy, the structure of the contract and help to identify the optimal route to market.<br/><br/>A potential Route To Market (RTM) is the NHS London Procurement Partnership Non-Emergency Transport and Other Transport Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Category 5: Taxi and Passenger Transport Services Ref: LPP/2019/007<br/><br/>In anticipation of the DPS as a potential RTM we suggest that suppliers that wish to apply to the DPS do so as soon as possible and register through the DPS Landing page that is hosted by 365 Response Ltd, complete and submit their application via this link : https://eprocure.365smartplatform.net/SignUp/Supplier Lot 1: The service is for the transportation of staff, mostly within London and the M25, and includes some travel to Kent and other parts of the country. Some historical data can be found in volume data file.<br/><br/>The transport services required includes:<br/>Taxi Services<br/>Home Visit Transportation<br/>Inter-site Staff Transport<br/><br/>The main objectives are to identify and look for innovative ways to work in partnership with a Taxi supplier to reduce the overall transport costs and actively work towards reducing the NHS Carbon Footprint, in line with the Greener NHS strategy for delivering a Net Zero National Health Service https://www.england.nhs.uk/greenernhs/publication/delivering-a-net-zero-national-health-service/<br/><br/>It is currently envisaged that the contract will be for a fully managed service with a single provider to deliver staff only taxi/transport services for the named Trusts.<br/><br/>It is envisaged that the main specification will be standard across the NHS Trusts named below with site specifics to be issued at the time of the procurement. *The London Hospital Trusts that are expected to participate: (*subject to change)<br/><br/>Barts Health NHS Trust <br/>https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/ <br/><br/>Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust <br/>https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/<br/><br/>Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust <br/>https://www.clch.nhs.uk/<br/><br/>Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust <br/>https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/<br/><br/>Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children <br/>https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/<br/><br/>NELFT NHS Foundation Trust <br/>https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/<br/><br/>We welcome the views of the market and is inviting interested taxi service providers to provide their feedback by completing the RFI.<br/><br/>The Authority is using the Health Family Atamis e-tendering portal to conduct the pre-market engagement process ("the e-Tendering Portal"). <br/><br/>The e-Tendering Portal can be accessed via the link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome <br/><br/>You will need to search for Project reference number C49076 to access the RFI question set and other documents listed below. <br/><br/>All communications (including submission of pre-market questionnaires) should be carried out via the e-Tendering Portal. The pre-market engagement documents are available for unrestricted full direct access, free of charge via the e-Tendering Portal.  Additional information: Further details of the requirement can be found in the draft specification document <br/><br/>The historic volume data is provided as a guide to the number of journeys that were undertaken and should provide an indication of potential volumes.<br/><br/>Suppliers should read the all attached documents prior to completing and submitting responses to the RFI questions.