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Published 10 Mar 2025, 10:29 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Private Ambulance Service (PAS) FY 25/26 - ELITE

Official notice

Authority: East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF)

Awarded value£20,161,8002 contracts · exc. VAT

Awarded 7 Mar 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Elite Medical and Ambulance services ltd, Elite EMS Ltd2 awards

Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2026 · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Private Ambulance Services

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Provision of Private Ambulance Services (PAS) Emergency crews to respond to 999 calls,…Awarded 1 yr

Provision of Private Ambulance Services (PAS) Emergency crews to respond to 999 calls, as directed by East Midlands Ambulance Service Control Room.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (1 yr)

Delivery: East Midlands

85100000 Health 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: 10 Mar 2025, 10:29 GMT
Last source update: 3 Apr 2025, 16:13 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-012913
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: East Midlands (UKF)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04ead4 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 20/03/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 20/03/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to samuel.rudd@nottshc.nhs.uk Award decision makers: East Midlands Ambulance NHS Trust Board No Conflicts of Interest Identified. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability; quality and innovation; improving access, and value were viewed as the most important of the key criteria due to the nature of the services provided. Social value was also considered within the assessment.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

1 Apr 2025 → 3 Apr 2025 · 2 dates

Contract starts
1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice published
3 Apr 2025, 16:13 BST

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Mar 2025

Buyer details updated
11 Mar 2025, 20:58 GMT
Buyer details updated
3 Apr 2025, 16:13 BST

Published amendments (1)

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C.Contract Award: 01/04/2025…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £20,161,8002 contracts exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 7 Mar 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Elite Medical and Ambulance services ltdSME	£10,080,900 †	—	Awarded
Elite EMS LtdSME, Elite Medical and Ambulance services ltdSMEjoint award	£10,080,900 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 008463-2025-1 · Elite Medical and Ambulance services ltdSME
Signed
7 Mar 2025
Value
£10,080,900
Period
… – 31 Mar 2026
Status
active
Contract 008865-2025-C345164-1 · Elite EMS LtdSME, Elite Medical and Ambulance services ltdSME
Signed
7 Mar 2025
Value
£10,080,900
Period
1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Status
active
- Change The incorrect supplier was chosen on Atamis. Just to clarify that the Trust is intending on awarding a contract to Elite Emergency Medical Services Ltd (Company Number: 14675407) against Provider Selection Regime (PSR 2023) under Direct Award Process C. This modification is to change the supplier from Elite Medical and Ambulance Services Ltd to Elite Emergency Medical Services (Elite EMS) Ltd. This supplier is currently in contract with East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust and the criteria against the Direct Award Process C has been applied with justifications., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: The wrong supplier was incorrectly chosen on Atamis, due to there being 2 Elite Ambulance Providers with very similar names being on the supplier database. Furthermore, an issue with the publishing from Atamis to Find a Tender has resulted in multiple of the same notices being published.

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

EAST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentRegional or local authorityHealth Trust Headquarters, 1 Horizon Place, Mellors Way, Nottingham Business Park, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG86PYContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

3 commercial parties on the notice

Elite EMS LtdAwarded supplier Unit 21 Darwell Park, Mica Close, Tamworth, East Midlands, B77 4DRContact email
Elite Medical and Ambulance Service LtdAwarded supplier08510248 Unit 51 The Granary Business Centre Broad Farm Hellingly East Sussex, Hailsham, East Midlands, BN27 4DUContact email, phone
Elite Medical and Ambulance Service LtdAwarded supplier Unit 51 The Granary Business Centre Broad Farm Hellingly East Sussex, Hailsham, East Midlands, BN27 4DUContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.