--- title: "National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-9387ba93-3d3e-4661-b22e-0fdddfc28198" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9387ba93-3d3e-4661-b22e-0fdddfc28198" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9387ba93-3d3e-4661-b22e-0fdddfc28198.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9387ba93-3d3e-4661-b22e-0fdddfc28198.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NHS ENGLAND" published: "2019-09-13" --- # National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU) Buyer: NHS ENGLAND Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9387ba93-3d3e-4661-b22e-0fdddfc28198 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9387ba93-3d3e-4661-b22e-0fdddfc28198) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9387ba93-3d3e-4661-b22e-0fdddfc28198.json) ## Summary The National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU), under NHS England, is procuring services aimed at enhancing emergency preparedness and response capabilities across NHS ambulance services in England. This procurement is classified under miscellaneous health services, with an estimated contract value of £5,000,000. The procurement method is open, allowing for broad competition, and the tender period concludes on 16 October 2019. The contract is set to commence on 1 April 2020 and will last until 31 March 2023, with delivery addresses extending across various regions including the United Kingdom and British Overseas Territories. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health services, particularly those equipped to provide expert training, operational support, or management assistance to ambulance services. Companies with capabilities in emergency services training, clinical advice, or logistics are especially well-suited to compete for this contract, as NARU focuses on developing and maintaining resilience capabilities within the healthcare sector. Participation in this contract could not only enhance the business portfolio of successful bidders but also foster partnerships within the NHS framework. ## Notice The National Ambulance Resilience Unit's (NARU) main aim is to support the emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR) objectives of NHS England. NARU works on behalf of NHS England to provide a coordinated approach to EPRR and specialist capabilities across NHS ambulance services in England. The Unit works with NHS ambulance services to support the development of appropriately trained, equipped and prepared ambulance responders to deal with hazardous or difficult situations, particularly mass casualty incidents that represent a significant risk to health. The following are the key components of the NARU function: - capabilities: the development, procurement, maintenance and assurance of national ambulance resilience capabilities. Part of the remit is the management of pass-through funding to NHS ambulance services for interoperable capabilities, - education: the development and delivery of training and education for NHS staff to maintain national resilience capabilities, including pass-through funding for NHS ambulance services to train staff, including acute hospital staff, - clinical advice: includes specialist clinical advice in relation to pre-hospital environments and clinical input to and assurance of national resilience capabilities, - management and operations: management of the NARU service and core operations. Provision of 24/7 on call for incidents to support NHS England. NARU is part of the delivery of EPRR policy and the NHS ambulance service in England contribution to contest, the United Kingdom's Strategy for Countering Terrorism, and Civil Resilience strategies and the Department of Health and Social Care's commitments under the UK National Security Strategy and the National Security Council. The host of the NARU service will provide the support functions such as procurement, human resources and payroll, finance, information communications and technology, information governance and fleet and logistics. Due to the nature of the work undertaken and the specialist knowledge required it is only possible for this to be undertaken by an English NHS ambulance service. Tenders to be submitted via https://nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/213863c1-2d83-4a1e-9a93-6628f56aecdb | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 13 Sep 2019 | | Submission deadline | 17 Oct 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2020 - 31 Mar 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £5,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND | | Locality | LEEDS | | Post town | Leeds | | Postcode | LS2 7UE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds | | Local authority | Leeds | | Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse | | Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services ## Release History - 13 Sep 2019 at 12:29 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/213863c1-2d83-4a1e-9a93-6628f56aecdb - 13 Sep 2019 at 11:33 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/213863c1-2d83-4a1e-9a93-6628f56aecdb ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/213863c1-2d83-4a1e-9a93-6628f56aecdb 13th September 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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