Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Private Ambulance Services for Emergency (A&E/Blue Light)
Authority: East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Private Ambulance Services for Emergency (A&E/Blue Light)
CPV: Ambulance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) covers the six counties which…Published value£41,666,666
The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) covers the six counties which make up the East of England. We provide accident and emergency services (A&E/Blue Light) for people in need of urgent medical treatment and transport in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Our dedicated and skilled staff work 365 days a year, 24 hours a day to make sure patients receive the best possible care. <br/><br/>The East of England Ambulance Service (“the Authority”) will create a Framework Agreement for the Private Ambulance Services for Emergency (A&E/Blue Light).<br/><br/>The aim is to establish a Framework Agreement of commercial supplier(s) capable of providing Emergency (A&E/Blue Light).
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).
- Price
- “Provision of Private Ambulance Services for Emergency (A&E/Blue Light)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust buys Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514), and who usually turns up
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East of England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered. 36 known-location awards sit across 2 procurements, so one procurement can dominate this percentage.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 78 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid4%
2–311%
4–614%
7+71%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Our matching links this notice to “Provision of Private Ambulance Services for Emergency (A&E/Blue Light) and Non-Emergency Patient Transport (PTS)” of this authority, but none of the 20 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) covers the six counties which…CPV 8514Published estimate£42m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid1%
2–36%
4–635%
7+58%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £2.3bn19 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 3 live · £44m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=1 | |
| £33m7 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | 1 live · £12m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £2.6m4 awards in 36m · last 9 months ago | 1 live · £2.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 12% below n=1 | |
| £58m8 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | None on file | 31% above n=1 | |
| £892m3 awards in 36m · last 15 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
71% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
71% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (71% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Provision of Private Ambulance Services for Emergency (A&E/Blue Light) and Non-Emergency Patient Transport (PTS) — held by Nerams Ltd and Team Medic London Ltd (+1 more); no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 5 Oct 2026, 17:11 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Oct 2026, 16:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Nov 2026 – …
- Authority reference
26-T03 - C467306- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099672- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078126Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Any review proceedings should be promptly brought to the attention of the Chief<br/>Executive Officer of East of England Ambulance Services, Ambulance Headquarters,<br/>Whiting Way, Melbourn, SG8 6NA and will be dealt with in accordance with the<br/>requirements of the Provider Selection Regime. Any review proceedings must be brought<br/>within the timescales specified by the applicable law. The Trust will incorporate a<br/>minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the date information on the award of the<br/>contract is communicated to bidders.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Atamis (Health Family)Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
21 Oct 2026 → 6 Nov 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published7 days ago21 Oct 2026, 16:33 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 8 days · period end, not a bid countdown6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids openedin 8 days6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
The award criteria was originally down as Price but should be Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court and Court of Appeal of England and WalesReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.