Notice Information
Notice Title
Private Ambulance Services for Mental Health Services
Notice Description
Private Ambulance Services for Mental Health Services for Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: An optional extension period of 12 months based upon Trust demand.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058bf3
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079586-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85143000 - Ambulance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £700,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £700,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £2,366,880 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 23 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 10 Nov 20253 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Cancelled
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LANCASHIRE AND SOUTH CUMBRIA NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Paul Dowell
- Contact Email
- paul.dowell@mbht.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01539 716632
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PRESTON
- Postcode
- PR5 6AW
- Post Town
- Preston
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD4 Lancashire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD45 Mid Lancashire
- Delivery Location
- TLD North West (England), TLD1 Cumbria, TLD4 Lancashire
-
- Local Authority
- South Ribble
- Electoral Ward
- Bamber Bridge East
- Westminster Constituency
- Ribble Valley
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079586-2025
4th December 2025 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072751-2025
11th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050454-2025
21st August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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