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Published 25 Mar 2025, 09:06 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Ambulance Driver Training · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub c/o West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£2,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 2 yrsends 30 Apr 2028 · up to 30 Apr 2033 with extensions · starts 1 May 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This framework is proposed to support the ambulance sector, which operates a number of operational vehicles across their fleet. In order to operate an ambulance, in accordance with law the driver must be C1 Classified. The C1 driving license allows people to drive vans up to 7.5 tones which covers the entire fleet of operational vehicles. Alongside c1 driver training we have decided to incorporate Certificate Emergency Response Ambulance Driving.

CPV: Specialist training services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
2 yrs · up to 7 yrs from 1 May 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 30 Apr 2033 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Ambulance Driver Training” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
25 Mar 2025, 09:06 GMT
Last source update
23 May 2025, 08:38 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-025491
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Specialist training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f82f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

25 Mar 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    25 Mar 2025, 09:06 GMT
  2. Market engagement
    4 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    EOE NHS CPH is issuing this market engagement in connection with the potential procurement to establish a single approach to market to support training and development services. This is supplementary preliminary market engagement Training & Development preliminary market engagement (2025/S 000-007717). The information provided will help us to form and shape the service specification for an open framework that will be conducted under the Procurement Act 2023. The Framework will be set-up as a covered procurement under the Light Touch Regime. This market engagement has 1 category - Ambulance Driver Training. The questionnaire will run on the Atamis portal: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ How to access the Questionnaire on the portal: Suppliers should register on the portal, if not already registered. To express an interest in this preliminary market engagement, search and select contract reference: C348045 Market Engagement – Ambulance Driver Training. Please complete the questionnaire within the requirements section for any training services that apply to you. Suppliers can contact the Atamis helpdesk at – support-health@atamis.co.uk or by calling 0800 9956035 for technical assistance when completing responses. The closing time and date for the return of your responses is 12:00pm on 4th April 2025.

  3. Latest notice published
    23 May 2025, 08:38 BST
  4. Tender notice expected
    1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts181 days ago
    1 May 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Mar 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Mar 2025, 09:06 GMT
    UK2
  2. Pipeline notice published
    23 May 2025, 08:38 BST
    UK1
  3. Published value updated to £2,000,000
    23 May 2025, 08:38 BST
    was £8,000,000
  4. Status changed to planned
    23 May 2025, 08:38 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PXMB-9766-NLTH Victoria House, Camlife, Cambridge Road, Fulbourn, East of England, CB21 5XAContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure