Notice Information
Notice Title
Private Ambulance Service Elit
Notice Description
Private Ambulance Services to East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust for FY25/26.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Third-Party Supplier will be required to provide Accident & Emergency and Urgent ambulance service to patients resident in, visiting on holiday or via work or travelling through the various regions within England and Wales.
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust are intending to award a contract to an existing process following direct award process C under the Provider Selection Regime regulations 2024.
The contract will commence 1st April 2025 and end on 31/03/2026. The approximate lifetime value of this contract is PS10,080,900
Procurement Information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 21/03/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ebb6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008799-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £10,080,900 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 7 Mar 202511 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EAST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST
- Contact Name
- Samuel Rudd
- Contact Email
- samuel.rudd@nottshc.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NOTTINGHAM
- Postcode
- NG8 6PY
- Post Town
- Nottingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF14 Nottingham
- Delivery Location
- TLF East Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Nottingham
- Electoral Ward
- Bilborough
- Westminster Constituency
- Nottingham South
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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