Notice Information
Notice Title
Emergency Transfer Ambulance Support for the Helipad Project at Ysbyty Gwynedd
Notice Description
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is seeking to appoint a single regulated supplier to deliver a dedicated emergency ambulance support service to facilitate patient transfers between the Alternative Landing Site (ALS) and Ysbyty Gwynedd during a temporary helipad infrastructure project. The requirement is for the provision of a double-crewed Advanced Life Support (ALS) capable emergency ambulance, operating between 09:00 and 23:00, seven (7) days per week, for an anticipated period of 30 weeks. The appointed supplier must ensure the safe and timely transfer of patients conveyed by Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS), including those presenting with time-critical and high-acuity conditions. The service must be fully compliant with all relevant regulatory requirements, including HIW registration (or equivalent where applicable), medicines management controls, clinical governance standards and infection prevention requirements. The supplier must demonstrate appropriate staffing competence, operational resilience and integration with local emergency care pathways.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is seeking to appoint a single regulated supplier to deliver a dedicated emergency ambulance support service to facilitate patient transfers between the Alternative Landing Site (ALS) and Ysbyty Gwynedd during a temporary helipad infrastructure project. The requirement is for the provision of a double-crewed Advanced Life Support (ALS) capable emergency ambulance, operating between 09:00 and 23:00, seven (7) days per week, for an anticipated period of 30 weeks. The appointed supplier must ensure the safe and timely transfer of patients conveyed by Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS), including those presenting with time-critical and high-acuity conditions. The service must be fully compliant with all relevant regulatory requirements, including HIW registration (or equivalent where applicable), medicines management controls, clinical governance standards and infection prevention requirements. The supplier must demonstrate appropriate staffing competence, operational resilience and integration with local emergency care pathways.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065652
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014425-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85143000 - Ambulance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £125,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Feb 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Mar 20261 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST)
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- philip.jones12@wales.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF15 7QZ
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL11 Isle of Anglesey, TLL12 Gwynedd, TLL13 Conwy and Denbighshire, TLL23 Flintshire and Wrexham
-
- Local Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Electoral Ward
- Taff's Well
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff North
Further Information
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