How to win: STCH Transport Services Framework

About this contract

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust/Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of engaging with the market in order to inform the further development of draft proposals for STCH Transport Services Framework. The intention is to establish a Framework Agreement comprising two indicative Lots: • Lot 1 – General Taxi Services: Provision of non-emergency passenger transport for staff, patients and other authorised users, including ad hoc, prebooked and urgent journeys. • Lot 2 – Blood Bank Transportation Services: Provision of time critical transport for blood samples, blood components, blood products and other authorised laboratory materials between Trust sites and external partners.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £5,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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