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
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ambulance Transfers Limited SME
- Value
- £19,920,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Ambulance services (CPV 85143000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 065262-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Oct 2025
- Published14 Oct 2025Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
The provider (Ambulance Transfers Limited) has been awarded this contract under PSR Direct Award C as it meets the requirements as follows:<br/>The Authority believe the current supplier is satisfying the existing contract and will continue to satisfy the new contract to the required standard.<br/>The new contracting arrangements are not changing considerably.<br/>The Authority is planning to commence a competitive process under PSR 2023 for the provision of the service, and expects a maximum 2 year period to conclude this including satisfaction of Cabinet Office approval requirements.
About the supplier
Ambulance Transfers Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09571166).