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South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

SWAST-5134-F Fuel Management System

Industrial MachineryCPV 48000000
Value£125k
Deadline2 Sept 2026
Published29 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 29 Jul 202634 days leftCloses 2 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Alasdair Rust
alasdair.rust@swast.nhs.uk
07974861571

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£125ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Software & IT Systems band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is issuing this Invitation to Tender (ITT) to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced provider to deliver a Fuel Management System to premises across the Trust estate and management software functionality.

This procurement is being conducted as a above-threshold Open Procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.

The contract is anticipated to commence on 1 November 2026 for an initial period of six years, with the option to extend for up to a further four years at the Trust’s discretion, giving a maximum contract term of 10 years.

The estimated maximum contract value, including all extension options, is £150,000 including VAT.

Interested suppliers should review the procurement documents available via the Trust’s e-tendering portal and submit their tender response in accordance with the published procurement timetable.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation

The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is issuing this Invitation to Tender (ITT) to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced provider to deliver a Fuel Management System to premises across the Trust estate and management software functionality.

02

Interested suppliers should review the procurement documents

Interested suppliers should review the procurement documents available via the Trust’s e-tendering portal and submit their tender response in accordance with the published procurement timetable.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

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 bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
  • Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
  • 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-06d6da
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
071857-2026
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