Notice Information
Notice Title
SECAmb-Vehicle Accident Repair ITT
Notice Description
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is seeking Suppliers to provide bodywork & associated recovery and repair services for damaged vehicles leased to the Authority, the property of, or in the custody or control of the Authority. The repair service shall include all inspection, repairs, adjustment, restoration and re-placement of assemblies and components used to construct a complete vehicle. The tender will cover the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Regions. SECAmb is intending to issue an open tender early November 2025 Contract period will be for an initial 2 year period with 2 options to extend for 1 year (4 years total) SECAmb is intending to appoint multiple providers to cover the geographic regions. The contract value is the maximum estimated combined value of all lots over the full four year period.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: 2 options to extend for 12 months
Planning Information
SECAmb will be inviting interested bidders to a Microsoft TEAMs meeting on the 23rd October 2025, 13:00 to 14:30. Here we will run through an overview of the requirements in advance to the launch of the tender
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05cebd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070479-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
50100000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
50112000 - Repair and maintenance services of cars
50112100 - Car repair services
50112110 - Body-repair services for vehicles
50114100 - Truck repair services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Nov 20251 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 4 Nov 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 16 Jan 2026 - 15 Jan 2028 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- 2029-11-05
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Please use the Procurement Department contact email address provided. Contact point will be Ian Baker - Procurement Manager
- Contact Email
- procurement@secamb.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CRAWLEY
- Postcode
- RH10 9BG
- Post Town
- Redhill
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ28 West Sussex (North East)
- Delivery Location
- TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Crawley
- Electoral Ward
- Langley Green & Tushmore
- Westminster Constituency
- Crawley
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070479-2025
3rd November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066281-2025
17th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066277-2025
17th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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