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
- £425,303
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Ambulance bodies (CPV 34211200)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 087289-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Sep 2026
- Published15 Sep 2026Published the same day
Description
**CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE**<br/><br/>Purchase of 9 x Ford Electric Vehicle Base Chassis as part of the National Double Crewed Ambulance Specification.<br/><br/>Due to the recent expiry of Lot 3 (Electric Ambulances) of the National Ambulance Procurement for Ambulance Purchases, the Trust has procured as part of GCA RM6244 Purchase of Standard and Specialist Vehicles framework under Lot 5. <br/><br/>This contract award is for Base Chassis only. Conversions will be undertaken via a suitable provider on the National Ambulance Framework (Ref: C192905 as part of the East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub (EOECPH) National Ambulance Specification
About the supplier
Ford Motor Company Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00235446).