Provision of Private, Safe, and Secure Transportation for Patients within Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Service Group.

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of Specialist Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Patient Transport Services for Swansea Bay University Health Board. The procurement seeks to establish a multi-supplier contractual arrangement for the safe, secure, dignified, and responsive transportation of patients requiring planned and unplanned transfers between healthcare facilities, specialist placements, community settings, courts, and other approved locations. The service will support patients with varying levels of clinical, behavioural, safeguarding, and mobility needs, ensuring continuity of care, compliance with statutory obligations, and value-for-money service delivery across the Health Board. This procurement exercise is being carried out via Bravo E-tendering Portal. Bravo E-tendering Project Code: project_63640. ITT Code: itt_128039.

How this is scored

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• qualityMandatory Pass/Fail criteriaTenderers will be required to satisfy a number of mandatory pass/fail requirements designed to ensure that they possess the legal, financial, technical, and operational capability necessary to deliver the contract. These requirements include compliance with safeguarding and regulatory obligations, staff competency and training standards, operational capacity to deliver the service, minimum insurance and financial standing requirements, information governance and data protection obligations, and the ability to support Welsh language requirements during contract delivery. Failure to meet any mandatory criterion will result in the tender being excluded from further evaluation.

What you must already have

Conditions of participation. These are pass or fail, so check them before writing anything.

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  Tenderers must be legally constituted organisations with the authority to enter into a contract with Swansea Bay University Health Board and must not be subject to any applicable exclusion grounds. Tenderers must comply with all relevant legislative requirements, including safeguarding, equality, data protection, health and safety, and Welsh language obligations, and be able to support identified Welsh language needs during contract delivery. Tenderers must demonstrate that they have the financial capacity and stability to deliver the contract throughout its duration and maintain appropriate levels of insurance, including Employers' Liability, Public Liability, and Professional Indemnity Insurance.

How contested is this?

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published14 days ago

   23 Oct 2026, 20:43 BST
2. Clarification questions byin 3 days

   9 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
3. Submission deadlinein 20 days

   26 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
4. Award decision expected byin 42 days

   18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender

1. Pipeline or early engagement notice28 Sept 2026, 10:42 BST091310-2026
2. Tender notice23 Oct 2026, 20:43 BST100773-2026

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender