Official UK procurement notice
Occupational Health Services · South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (Sept 2026)
Authority: South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOccupational Health Services provision to South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust and to South East Coast NHS Foundation Trust. Open to other Southern Ambulance Services Collaboration Trusts.
- No preliminary market engagement: Whilst no preliminary market engagement has been carried out, an initial tender process was conducted under Lot 2 of the NHS Commercial Solutions Framework for Occupational Health, Employment Assistance Programmes and Eye Care. In May 2026, that tender process was terminated in favour of tendering via PA23 Open Procedure. The Specification has been updated since that framework tender process.
CPV: Company health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£12,600,000
- Economic & financial standing
Conditions of Participation are as set out in the Invitation to Tender documents attached to both this notice and the project on the Atamis e-tendering portal where tenders must be submitted.
- Technical & professional ability
Conditions of Participation are as set out in the Invitation to Tender documents attached to both this notice and the project on the Atamis e-tendering portal where tenders must be submitted.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Questionnaire: 70%
- Commercial Questionnaire: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial Questionnaire
- Technical Questionnaire: The Technical Questionnaire consists of questions 1 - 14. The individual questions are weighted as set down within the ITT documentation. The combined total of the individual 14 questions equals 100% of the total 70% weighting for Quality. Please note that the Technical Questionnaire includes a 10% weighting for Social Value.
- Economic & financial standing
Conditions of Participation are as set out in the Invitation to Tender documents attached to both this notice and the project on the Atamis e-tendering portal where tenders must be submitted.
- Technical & professional ability
Conditions of Participation are as set out in the Invitation to Tender documents attached to both this notice and the project on the Atamis e-tendering portal where tenders must be submitted.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Sept 2026, 16:39 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Sept 2026, 16:39 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
C470053- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086620- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f89bFind a Tender
- Risks
Known risks include if other Occupational Health Services are required over the lifetime of the contract that have not been foreseen, either for regulatory reasons or contract related services that are similar and / or complementary.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted via the Atamis e-tendering portal - health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
Timeline
11 Sept 2026 → 15 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published45 days ago11 Sept 2026, 16:39 BST
- Clarification questions by24 days ago2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline18 days ago9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 48 days14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 169 days15 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published11 Sept 2026, 16:39 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The completed ITT documents must be submitted electronically via the Atamis e-tendering portal. No other method of tender submission will be accepted. To access the Atamis Portal please go to https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and click on 'Supplier Login'. If your orga…
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender