Internal Reference Number: FOI_7109
Date Request Received: 04/04/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 18/04/2023 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Non Emergency Patient Transport - NEPTS and Taxi Procurement
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Does your organisation procure Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) contracts and if not please provide contact details of the organisation that does procure NEPTS on behalf of your organisation? | |
| Answer To Question 1: Yes the Trust (SFT) procured the current NEPTS contract | |
| Question Number 2: What date is/was your current NEPTS contract due to end (outside of any available extension periods) and what extension periods are available? | |
| Answer To Question 2: 31st January 2024 with 1 x 12 month extension period. | |
| Question Number 3: For how many years was the NEPTS contract awarded? | |
| Answer To Question 3: Three years plus 1 x 12 month optional extension | |
| Question Number 4: Which organisation was awarded the NEPTS contract? | |
| Answer To Question 4: E-zec Medicial Transport Services Limited | |
| Question Number 5: What was the total value of the awarded NEPTS contract excluding any extension periods? | |
| Answer To Question 5: 拢1,043,025 | |
| Question Number 6: What was the additional spend on NEPTS over and above the awarded contracted value for the year to December 31st, 2022? Please confirm the split of this overspend by the provider. | |
| Answer To Question 6: Total spend was 拢105k, 拢18k of which was spent with Ability Transport, and 拢87k on taxis. | |
| Question Number 7: What has been, both in terms of numbers and %, the two largest KPI failure(s) of the NEPTS contract for the year to December 31st 2022? | |
| Answer To Question 7: Between June & December 2022 1, Crews will routinely 'check in' with the Trusts Transport Office, at the commencement of each shift and between journeys (Monday to Friday) and at the commencement of each shift on weekends & bank holidays, with the Clinical Site Co-Ordinator | |
| Question Number 8: Does your organisation use taxis to transport NEPTS patients? | |
| Answer To Question 8: Yes | |
| Question Number 9: Does your organisation have contracts with taxi companies that are longer than 6 months and if so please provide the names of these taxi companies? | |
| Answer To Question 9: All the Sevens Limited | |
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