PIN - Non Emergency Patient Transport Service

The 4 Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Groups are preparing to commission a Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) that is high quality, flexible and can meet, grow and respond to the changing needs of the Lincolnshire healthcare environment. The Commissioners are looking for a service that is patient centric and cost effective and one that continually innovates to deliver value for money.

A provider engagement event has been scheduled for Wednesday 8th June 2016 at The Showroom, Tritton Road, Lincoln from 10:00 to 13:00. Additional information: The publication date and contract end date contained in this notice are estimates and may be subject to change.

The service is currently for Lincolnshire. However the scope of service delivery could expand to cover Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire; however this would be confirmed in the Contract Notice (F02) The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise.

The services to which this notice relates fall within the Light Touch Regime ("LTR")of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2015 ('the Regulations'). Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of LTR.

These opportunities may be divided into lots. Please see published documentation for further detail.

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://gemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register— Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue' — Enter your correct business and user details —Note the user-name you chose and click ‘Save' when complete — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2.

Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the user-name/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page.

(This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page.