South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
SWAST-5051-F Ambulance Tail Lift Maintenance and Associated Services Framework (Southern Ambulance Service Collaboration)
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
The submission route named on the official notice.
This is a large award for Repair & Maintenance — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust publishes Repair & Maintenance work continuously — 20 notices, roughly one every 70 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.
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The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, acting on behalf of the Southern Ambulance Services Collaborative, is issuing this Invitation to Tender under the Procurement Act 2023 to establish a Closed Framework Agreement for the provision of Tail Lift Maintenance and Associated Services.
The Framework will support Participating Authorities with the inspection, maintenance, repair, testing, and associated compliance services for ambulance tail lift equipment, ensuring operational safety, reliability, and statutory compliance across fleet assets.
The Framework will be structured into regional Lots, aligned to the geographical requirements of Participating Authorities.
Bidders may submit tenders for one or more Lots, and multiple suppliers may be appointed to each Lot.
Only suppliers successfully appointed to the Framework will be eligible to receive and deliver call-off contracts during the Framework term.
Full details of the procurement, including the specification, conditions of participation, award criteria, and instructions for tender submission, are provided within the ITT documentation available via the Authority’s e-tendering portal.
What the notice asks for
The Framework will support Participating Authorities
The Framework will support Participating Authorities with the inspection, maintenance, repair, testing, and associated compliance services for ambulance tail lift equipment, ensuring operational safety, reliability, and statutory compliance across fleet assets.
Only suppliers successfully appointed to the Framework
Only suppliers successfully appointed to the Framework will be eligible to receive and deliver call-off contracts during the Framework term.
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What this notice demands of you
1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, acting on behalf of the Southern Ambulance Services Collaborative, is issuing this Invitation to Tender under the Procurement Act 2023 to establish a Closed Framework Agreement for the provision of Tail Lift Maintenance and Associated Services.
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