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
- Ford Motor Company Limited
- Value
- £254,424
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Paramedic vehicles (CPV 34114120)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 040557-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jun 2025
- Published16 Jul 2025Published 45 days after the contract date
Description
Purchase of National specification Double Crewed Ambulances (DCA) based on Ford Electric Vehicle Base Chassis as part of the East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub (EOECPH) National Ambulance Specification (Ref: C192905) - under Lot 3 - Electric Ambulances.
About the supplier
Ford Motor Company Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00235446).