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Published 26 Aug 2025, 11:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Secure Ambulance Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Devon Partnership NHS Trust (Central government)

ServicesAbove threshold
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South West (UKK)
Planned pipeline value£10,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 10 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 19 Jan 2031 · up to 19 Jan 2033 with extensions · starts 20 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Devon Partnership NHS Trust are commencing a tender exercise for a 5 year Mental Health, Secure Ambulance Transport Service for both Devon Partnership NHS Trust and Livewell Southwest. There will be a further 2 years optional extensions built into this new contract. This new contract is expected to commence 20th January 2026 and "DPT" are hosting a pre-tender submission market engagement event via MS Teams at 10am on the 2nd October, if you wish to participate in this event, please contact simon.worthy@nhs.net for further details

CPV: Ambulance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrs
Contract period: 20 Jan 2026 – 19 Jan 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 19 Jan 2033 with extensions
Delivery: South West
Extensions: Extension options published
85143000 Ambulance services

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
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
26 Aug 2025, 11:00 BST
Last source update
9 Sept 2025, 12:15 BST
Authority reference
T25-0128
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054971
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Ambulance services
Delivery area
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058d90 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

26 Aug 2025 → 20 Jan 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    26 Aug 2025, 11:00 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    9 Sept 2025, 12:15 BST
  3. Tender notice expected382 days ago
    10 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Market engagement382 days ago
    10 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST

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  5. Contract starts280 days ago
    20 Jan 2026

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Aug 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Aug 2025, 11:00 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 Sept 2025, 12:15 BST
    UK2
  3. Published value updated to £10,000,000
    9 Sept 2025, 12:15 BST
    was £1,600,000
Published amendments (1)

Please note that the original notice has been altered to reflect the correct value of the contract over it's full term This equates to a full contract value of £10m (EX VAT) allowing for the full 5 years (including the 2 years optional extensions). This figure is based upon the current average journeys of both DPT and Livewell, but this maybe subject to fluctuation over the term of the new contrac…

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

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNWB-6144-XTMH Wonford House, Dryden Road, Exeter, South West, EX2 5AFContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure