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SOUTH CENTRAL AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Emergency And Urgent Care Private Ambulance Services

HealthcareCPV 85143000
Value£800k
Deadline26 Aug 2026
Published18 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 18 Aug 20267 days leftCloses 26 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Ben Jones
ben.jones@scas.nhs.uk
+44 7966558157

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£800ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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SOUTH CENTRAL AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST has published 13 notices across all categories, and 55% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

SCAS is seeking the provision of a range of Private Ambulance Services ("the Services") across the following Counties: • Buckinghamshire and or • Berkshire During the course of a shift, providers may occasionally be required to travel outside of their normal working boundaries in order to facilitate the transportation of patients and to reflect the Head Provider's demand.

The tender comprises of One Lot: Lot 1 - Buckinghamshire or Berkshire Total weekly staff hours - 399 Activity Blocks Required - 1 Required Shift Pattern - A Start Date: 1st October 2026 End Date: 31st January 2027 Option to Extend by a further four one month periods The Head Provider is seeking bids from those organisations that can evidence the capacity to mobilize to meet the requirements for this service.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

During the course of a shift, providers

During the course of a shift, providers may occasionally be required to travel outside of their normal working boundaries in order to facilitate the transportation of patients and to reflect the Head Provider's demand.

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What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
  • Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e623
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
078358-2026
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