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Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

National Framework Agreement for the provision of Secure Patient Transport Services

Transport EquipmentCPV 34114122 60000000 85100000
Value£25.0m
Deadline3 Sept 2024
Published22 Oct 2025
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 22 Oct 2025ClosedCloses 3 Sept 2024
Contract value in context
£25.0mtotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£27.0m

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Update October 2025: This notice is being updated to confirm the place of a further supplier, following receipt of requested information.

Not other details of the previous notice have changed. ================================================= Update 13th February 2025: This notice is being updated to confirm the place of a further supplier, following receipt of requested information.

No other details of the previous notice have changed. ================================= Update February 2025: This notice is being updated to confirm the place of a further supplier, following receipt of requested information.

No other details of the previous notice have changed. ===================================================== Update December 2024: This notice is being updated to confirm the place of a further supplier, following receipt of requested information.

No other details of the previous notice have changed. ===================================================== The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust wishes to establish a Framework Agreement under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (and as amended) (the PSR) for use by all Relevant Authorities (and any future successors to these organisations). "Relevant authority" is defined in section 12ZB(7) of the National Health Service Act 2006.

It means a combined authority, an integrated care board, a local authority in England, NHS England, an NHS foundation trust or an NHS trust established under section 25 of that Act.

For the avoidance of doubt, any successor bodies of any of the above entities shall be entitled to place Orders and shall be deemed Relevant Authorities for the purposes of this Framework Agreement.

This framework agreement aims to support mental health patient requirements through the provision of secure patient transport services.

This framework will run for a term of 2 years with options to extend for up to a further 2 years in annual increments.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

It means a combined authority, an integrated

It means a combined authority, an integrated care board, a local authority in England, NHS England, an NHS foundation trust or an NHS trust established under section 25 of that Act.

02

For the avoidance of doubt, any successor

For the avoidance of doubt, any successor bodies of any of the above entities shall be entitled to place Orders and shall be deemed Relevant Authorities for the purposes of this Framework Agreement.

03

This framework agreement aims to support mental

This framework agreement aims to support mental health patient requirements through the provision of secure patient transport services.

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