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Hard FM Services

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

17 Sep 2026 at 14:48

Award Notice
Tender

24 Jan 2023 at 17:48

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust procured hard facilities management services for its healthcare estate in the South East of England. The requirement covers mechanical, electrical and building-fabric maintenance, together with specialist maintenance services. It includes planned, reactive and remedial works, statutory compliance, asset management, sustainability initiatives and collaborative service delivery. The purpose is to maintain safe, efficient, reliable and cost-effective healthcare environments. This is a facilities engineering and building-services maintenance requirement rather than soft facilities management, cleaning or general estate support. Businesses suited to the requirement are contractors able to manage multiple technical disciplines and maintain operational healthcare premises across an estate.

The procurement has reached the awarded stage and the tender is complete. It used an open procedure with electronic submission. One lot covered the full hard facilities management requirement, and bids were evaluated using cost as a stated criterion, with a weighting of 30. Eight bids were recorded. Lorne Stewart Plc was awarded the contract by South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. The contract value is £7.5 million, against an estimated lot value of £10 million. The contract was signed on 18 September 2023 and runs from 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2028. The buyer has an option to extend it by up to two years, subject to a maximum seven-year term.

This award demonstrates sustained demand from an NHS ambulance trust for integrated hard FM across a healthcare estate. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need dependable mechanical, electrical, building-fabric and specialist maintenance capability, with the capacity to combine planned, reactive and remedial works under one service. Experience of statutory compliance, asset management and maintaining safety-critical healthcare environments would be directly relevant. The requirement also favours suppliers able to support sustainability initiatives, collaborate closely with the trust and deliver reliable, cost-effective services across multiple sites. Businesses should be prepared to evidence disciplined service management, technical breadth, responsive delivery and the operational resilience needed for an active healthcare estate.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Hard FM Services

Notice Description

Hard FM and PPM

Lot Information

Lot 1

Hard FM Services delivering mechanical, electrical, building fabric and specialist maintenance across the estate. The service includes planned, reactive and remedial works, statutory compliance, asset management, sustainability initiatives and collaborative service delivery to ensure safe, efficient, reliable and cost-effective healthcare environments.

Renewal: Option to extend for a further period of up to 2 years, to a maximum term of 7 years.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-039a52
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088296-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

50 - Repair and maintenance services

CPV Codes

50700000 - Repair and maintenance services of building installations

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£10,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£10,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£7,500,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
22 Feb 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Oct 2023 - 30 Sep 2028 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Additional Buyers

South Central Ambulance Service NSH Foundation Trust

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BICESTER
Postcode
OX26 6HR
Postcode Area
Oxford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
Delivery Location
TLJ South East (England)
Local Authority
Cherwell
Electoral Ward
Bicester South and Ambrosden
Westminster Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Lorne Stewart Plc

Further Information

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