---
title: "SAS/2026/1009 - ACC Stacking Insights"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000839426"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Scottish Ambulance Service"
published: "2026-08-06"
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# SAS/2026/1009 - ACC Stacking Insights

Buyer: Scottish Ambulance Service  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000839426

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## Summary

Scottish Ambulance Service procured management consultancy to review its Ambulance Control Centres and provide “stacking insights” into the operational issue. The work covers Ambulance Control Centres across Scotland and is intended to support understanding of ambulance demand, control-centre performance and the causes or effects of stacking. It is a professional services requirement, classified under CPV 79410000 for business and management consultancy services. The buyer is Scottish Ambulance Service, based in Edinburgh. The requirement was arranged as one lot and concerns consultancy analysis rather than the supply of vehicles, medical equipment or routine ambulance operations. The selected supplier was Zuhlke Ltd., an Edinburgh-based consultancy.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Zuhlke Ltd. The contract was signed on 16 February 2026 and has a value of £74,786.38. It was a single-lot award made through the CCS GCA RM6190 framework, using a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The stated rationale is that the agreement was awarded via that framework. One bid was received, submitted electronically, and the award followed the framework route rather than an open competition. The contract is active. The published outcome identifies the supplier and value, but does not give a contract end date or an award date separate from the signing date.

For a supplier that did not win this procurement, the award demonstrates demand from Scottish Ambulance Service for targeted management consultancy focused on ambulance control-centre operations and the analysis of stacking. A credible competitor for a future requirement of this kind would need consultants able to investigate complex operational performance, analyse service and demand data, identify the causes and patterns behind delays or queueing, and turn findings into practical insight for ambulance control-centre decision-makers. Experience of large, operationally critical public services would strengthen a supplier’s position, particularly where it can combine management consulting with data, service-design and performance-analysis capability. Access to the relevant CCS GCA framework route would also be commercially important.

## Notice

Awarded agreement via the CCS GCA framework RM6190 for Management consultancy review of the ACC Stacking Insights

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of management consultancy to review the Ambulance Control Centre and provide stacking insights

### Procurement Information

This agreement was awarded via the CCS GCA framework RM6190

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561720 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Feb 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £74,786 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Scottish Ambulance Service |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Postcode area | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH12 9EB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Drum Brae/Gyle |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh South West |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Zuhlke Ltd. |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

## Release History

- 6 Aug 2026 at 01:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561720

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561720
  SAS/2026/1009 - ACC Stacking Insights - Awarded agreement via the CCS GCA framework RM6190 for Management consultancy review of the ACC Stacking Insights

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.scottishambulance.com
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000839426

## Provenance

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