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Midlands Critical Care Transfer Service Ambulance Provider

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Historical: no longer open for bids.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
£85,200,000Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time)
Tue 6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BSTClosed.
Published
17 Aug 2026
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

This procurement activity is hosted by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (the “Authority”) on behalf of the NHS England, for the requirement of a Midlands Critical Care Transfer Services Ambulance Provider.

This service covers the ambulance provider provision for the Midlands Critical Care Transfer Services (MCCTs) for Neonatal Critical Care, Paediatric Critical Care, Adult Critical Care, and ECMO Transfer Services.

The Midlands Critical Care Transfer Services covers the Midlands region for Neonatal, Paediatric, and Adult Critical Care, and for the ECMO service provides supra-regional care and supports the devolved nations. This service is for a combined dedicated ambulance transfer service to support the clinical and operational delivery of the NHS Egland Specialised Commissioned services for:

• Neonatal Critical Care Retrieval Services (CenTre & NTS)

• Paediatric Critical Care Retrieval Services (CoMET & KIDS)

• Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation Transfer Service (ECMO) (Adult, Paediatric, and Neonatal)

• Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCOTS)

The MCCTs Ambulance Provider will provide 24/7 365-day service provision to support the delivery of these time critical services.

Full detail can be viewed on Atamis ref C462374.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 85143000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 7 Jul 2026
    Planning notice

    Planning notice published 7 July 2026.

    Release 063639-2026

    View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
  2. 17 Aug 2026
    Tender notice

    Tender notice published 17 August 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.

    Deadline in this release: Tue 6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST.

    Release 077981-2026

    View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)

05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.

06/ Questions

About this notice

The notice gave a deadline of Tuesday 6 October 2026, 12:00 BST. It is no longer open for bids.

NHS England published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £85,200,000.

07/ Related

Where to go next

These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.

Reference
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Source
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Stage
tender · Open
Last verified
Mon 24 Aug 2026, 08:10 BST
Read at
Mon 19 Oct 2026, 10:21 BST

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