Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £84,423,015
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 014047-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Feb 2026
- Published16 Feb 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
Non-emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) provides pre-planned and on-day (unplanned) transport to support eligible patients to access NHS funded care. NEPTS caters for those patients who are either too ill to get to hospital without assistance or for whom travelling may cause their condition to deteriorate. The service provides for a wide range of patient mobilities, requiring a variety of vehicle types and levels of care consistent with the patient's medical needs - including specialist moving and handling or support during transport such as provision of oxygen. The service covers East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire and York. NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB is intending to award a contract an existing provider following Direct Award Process C of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Approximate lifetime value of the contract is £84,423,015 Contract term - 1 April 2026 - 31 March 2031
About the supplier
Yorkshire Ambulance Trust NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.