Non-scheduled passenger transport. Ambulance services. Patient-transport vehicles. Provision of non urgent patient care transport.

The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospital Trust is inviting suitably qualified and experienced Patient Transport services to give an expression of interest to deliver comprehensive non emergency patient transport to eligible patients throughout Liverpool and beyond.

The purpose of the service is to enable movement of patients who have a medical need for transport between our hospitals, home, community settings or other treatment centres.

The Trust is seeking an innovative and cost effective solution which may include car type vehicles as well as non-emergency ambulance type vehicles.

The following types of transport will be provided:

— Car- walking patients with assistance from driver.

— Wheelchair carrying vehicle with single crew.

— Wheelchair carrying vehicle with two person crew.

— Stretcher carrying vehicle with two person crew.

— Bariatric patient carrying vehicle.

The Patient transport service will operate to the required demand over 6 days. (not operating on a Saturday). There will be a requirement to work on Statutory and Public Holidays.

The hours of business will be 11:00 – 22:00; Monday to Friday and Sunday for stretcher patients.

An additional service will be required from 12:00 to 20:00 Monday to Friday and Sunday for walking/sitting patients.

The chosen contractor will need to provide a high level of service flexibility to the Trust to ensure our patients are discharged safely. This may involve longer distances.

The contract will be in place for a 2 year period commencing April 2014. The contract will run for an initial two year period with an option to extend for 2 x 12 month periods.