Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply, Lease and Service Maintenance of EV Tow Tugs
Notice Description
***CONTRACT DETAILS NOTICE*** Following an Open Tendering procedure against the Procurement Act 2024 regulations, for the provision of Electric Tow Tugs/Tractors and ancillary units (different trailer configurations) to Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. This was done under UK4 Tender Notice reference FTS 2025/S 000-019765. The contract includes both the purchase outright/leasing model option for Tow Tractor units (including service/maintenance) and purchase outright model for the ancillary trailers as per the tender specification and depending on capital spending at the time.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: Under the Procurement Act 2023, there is provision of Direct Award which can be used for additional or repeat goods, services or works (including warranty and operational annual maintenance) from the same supplier where a contract has been awarded under a competitive tendering procedure. With this requirement being subject to tendering using the Procurement Act 2023 Open Competition Dialogue procedure, the Trust reserves the right to use the Direct Award procedure for subsequent procurements (using the UK5 Direct Award Procedure) after the initial period has lapsed above.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050ee8
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009710-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
-
- CPV Codes
34000000 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
34114000 - Specialist vehicles
34200000 - Vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £700,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £700,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £700,000 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- £700,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 30 Sep 2032 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Chris Johnson
- Contact Email
- chris.johnson15@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NOTTINGHAM
- Postcode
- NG6 9DR
- 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
- TLF14 Nottingham
-
- Local Authority
- Nottingham
- Electoral Ward
- Bulwell Forest
- Westminster Constituency
- Nottingham North and Kimberley
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009710-2026
3rd February 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051397-2025
26th August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019765-2025
8th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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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