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
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board · NHS body
- Value
- £811,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Ambulance services (CPV 85143000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 013861-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Mar 2025
- Published9 Apr 2025Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
The services to be provided under this contract include 999 urgent and emergency ambulance services, to patients across the south west region. This contract has been awarded using the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Direct Award Process A. The estimated contract value is £811,000,000, and the services are to be delivered between 01/04/2025 and 31/03/2027.
About the supplier
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SC235626).