The NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, NHS West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group have completed the competitive procurement of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services. The scope of the service will include assessment of eligibility, call handling, booking and the provision of safe non-emergency patient transport to eligible patients. The commissioners are to establish a contract for five (5) years with a potential extension of up to two (2) years. The services which are the subject of this notice are awarded under 2 contracts, 1 for the delivery of services within the Great Yarmouth and Waveney locality and 1 for Ipswich, east Suffolk and west Suffolk locality.

The aim of this procurement is to secure a provider of non-emergency patient transport services across the 2 localities of; locality 1 — Ipswich, east Suffolk and west Suffolk, and locality 2 — Great Yarmouth and Waveney. The tender exercise has resulted in two contracts being awarded; 1 for each locality.

Locality 1 covers Ipswich, east Suffolk and west Suffolk will be commissioned by NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group,NHS West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust and West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

Locality 2 covers Great Yarmouth and Waveney will be commissioned by NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group.