Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Central Medical Services Ltd SME
- Value
- £7,450,118
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 008453-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Mar 2025
- Published10 Mar 2025Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
The Third-Party Supplier will be required to provide Accident & Emergency and Urgent ambulance service to patients resident in, visiting on holiday or via work or travelling through the various regions within England and Wales.<br/><br/>East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust are intending to award a contract to an existing process following direct award process C under the Provider Selection Regime regulations 2024.<br/><br/>The contract will commence 1st April 2025 and end on 31/03/2026. The approximate lifetime value of this contract is £7,450,118.
About the supplier
Central Medical Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07643110).