Tender: Secure Patient Transport Services Framework for Mental Health Patients – National NHS (England & Wales)

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Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking suppliers for secure patient transport services to support mental health patient requirements under a national Framework Agreement established in 2024 under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and extended to include the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025. The framework is available for use by Relevant Authorities (including NHS trusts, integrated care boards, local authorities and other bodies defined in the NHS Acts for England and Wales) and was awarded for an initial two-year term with options to extend up to a further two years in annual increments; it has been extended for one year with one further extension available. The Framework is reopened to new applicants annually (approximately 90 days before the Framework anniversary), previously appointed suppliers are not obliged to reapply, and this notice concerns the second re-opening; suppliers appointed on the first, second and third anniversaries receive Framework Agreements of up to three, two and one year(s) respectively.