Secure Patients Transport

What this is

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, together with University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust, seeks to develop a multi-agency collaborative to provide a secure patient transport service. The service conveys patients in appropriate vehicles according to security and mobility requirements, supporting patients detained under the Mental Health Act (sectioned and voluntary) who are at risk of absconding or harm. The service must operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including weekends and bank holidays, with vehicles available day and night.

Key points

• 24/7/365 secure patient transport for Mental Health Act patients across two Birmingham NHS trusts.
• Multi-agency collaborative model with vehicles matched to security and mobility needs.
• No deadline or estimated value stated in the available text.

Who can bid

Not specified in the notice. Provider must be capable of supplying secure vehicle patient transportation on a 24/7/365 basis with vehicles suited to varying security and mobility requirements.

Money

No estimated contract value is stated in the notice.

How to submit

Refer to the Find a Tender notice for submission arrangements; no e-procurement portal URL is stated in the available text.

Contract period

Service is required 24 hours per day, 365 days per year for the duration of the contract, including Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays. No overall contract length is stated.

Classification

CPV 85100000 — Health services EnglandWest MidlandsBirmingham