Patient Transport Service · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD4)

Awarded value£566,074published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 9 Jan 2026no call for competition

Awarded to 360 Ambulance Service Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Non Emergency Transport Services. Discharge and Homefirst short notice discharges and transfer across Pennine Lancashire primarily Royal Blackburn Hospital, Burnley General Hospital, Pendle Community Hospital and Clitheroe Community Hospital. The operating hours for the service will be: (114.5 hours a week) Week days: (total 80 hours per week)

13:00 – 21:00 (8 hours)
14:00 – 22:00 (8 hours) Weekends: (total 34.5 hours per week)
13:45 – 23:00 (9.25 hours)
14:00 – 22:00 (8 hours). This is not a new service for the Trust, it is a transfer of service from the ICB to the Trust

CPV: Ambulance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Patient Transport ServicesAwarded

Delivery: North West · Blackburn

85143000 Ambulance services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 13 Jan 2026, 15:52 GMT
Last source update: 13 Jan 2026, 15:52 GMT
Authority reference: C411504
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-002789
Classification (CPV): Ambulance services
Delivery area: North West (UKD4)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0604f3 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: This is a direct award against SBS Framework SBS10513

Publisher note: This is a direct award against SBS Framework SBS10513. The reason for the direct award is the timeframe

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £566,0741 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 9 Jan 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
360 Ambulance Service LtdSME	£566,074 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 002789-2026-1 · 360 Ambulance Service LtdSME
Signed
9 Jan 2026
Value
£566,074
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Royal Blackburn Hospital, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, North West, BB2 3HHContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

360 Ambulance Service LtdAwarded supplier13513798 Unit 4, Healey Row, Burnley, Burnley, North West, BB112HGContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.