NIGP 94812: Ambulance Services, Non-Emergency (see 990-37 for Emergency Ambulance Services)

NIGP 94812 Ambulance Services, Non-Emergency is an Item code under which state and local governments procure dedicated non-emergency medical transportation by ambulance, wheelchair van, and specialty transport for patients between healthcare facilities, social service agencies, detention centers, and community locations. Recent solicitations show state departments, counties, cities, and special-purpose healthcare districts sourcing Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support transport, bariatric and gurney services, interfacility transfers, critical-care specialty transports (including ECMO retrieval), behavioral health and custody-related moves, and long-distance Medicaid-covered medical trips. Issuing bodies span state health and human services agencies, county sheriffs' offices and departments of health, municipal fire departments, county jail systems, university healthcare systems, and county aging and senior services divisions. Repeat buyers include county governments managing Medicaid non-emergency transportation networks, county jails and detention centers staffing medical operations, and health systems operating specialized interfacility transport programs.

Recent opportunities span multiple states with concentration in California, Texas, Florida, Maryland, Georgia, Colorado, Illinois, and Mississippi. The County of Santa Clara (California) is soliciting proposals for non-emergency healthcare transportation covering BLS, ALS, bariatric, gurney, and wheelchair van services across county behavioral health, custody health, social services, and hospital facilities, with responses due January 20, 2027 (RFP RFPHHSFY270093). University Medical Center of El Paso (Texas) is seeking an EMS partner for hospital-based ECMO, specialty care, and critical-care interfacility transport serving El Paso County and surrounding West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico, with proposals due October 27, 2026 (RFP 4371026002). The Boulder County Sheriff's Office (Colorado) is requesting 24/7 EMT staffing for the county jail, responses due October 26, 2026 (RFP RFP31726). The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services approved a sole-source $36.5 million change order to First Transit, Inc. for the Non-Emergency Transportation Services Approval Program covering long-distance Medicaid medical transportation, effective November 1, 2026 (notice 27478HFSMEDPRB54110). The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued an IFB for non-emergency ambulance services at El Paso State Supported Living Center, responses due September 1, 2026 (IFB HHS0017827). Queen Anne's County, Maryland is seeking sealed bids for both ambulatory and non-ambulatory wheelchair transportation and separate non-emergency ambulance transportation for Medical Assistance recipients, both due June 2, 2026 (bids BPM057101 and BPM057096). Clayton County, Georgia released an RFP for senior transportation services including non-emergency medical transport with wheelchair and stretcher options, responses due May 29, 2026 (RFP PE63100NONST2026000000089).