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East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

NHS ODS: NHS TRUSTNHS & healthEast MidlandsNottingham

Official UK PPONPYQW-9421-PXDPWebsiteemas.nhs.uk ↗

Open now1next deadline 31 Mar 2030
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Notices, last 12 months5-69% vs prior 12 months (16)
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Typical bids per lot70% single-bid · median of 5 lots
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Based on 5 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Top-3 supplier share32%of 31 awarded procedures · 98 suppliers
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31 awarded tenders, 98 different suppliers.

Contracts ending ≤18 months181 within 6 months · 12 estimated
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Published award value, 24m£60mnet · on 12 of 12 published values · top 5 = 78%
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Open notices

1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

NoticeDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Dynamic Market for Non Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) Taxi Support ProvisionDPS3 lots31 Mar 20301,232d—

What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

85 Health and social work services12 procedures · 57%
34 Transport equipment and products3 procedures · 14%
60 Transport services (except waste transport)2 procedures · 10% · 1 open
09 Petroleum, coal, oil and gas2 procedures · 10%
48 Software package and information systems2 procedures · 10%
24 Chemical products1 procedure · 5%
39 Furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances1 procedure · 5%
42 Industrial machinery1 procedure · 5%

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 21 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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  • Contract95%(20 notices)
    20 of 21 notices are Contract (95%).
  • Dynamic purchasing system5%(1 notice)
    1 of 21 notices is Dynamic purchasing system (5%).
Procedure route
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  • Limited / restricted43%(9 notices)
    9 of 21 notices are Limited / restricted (43%).
  • Open38%(8 notices)
    8 of 21 notices are Open (38%).
  • Route not published14%(3 notices)
    3 of 21 notices are Route not published (14%).
  • Selective5%(1 notice)
    1 of 21 notices is Selective (5%).
Typical bids per lot
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Based on 5 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

7robust · n=50% of lots drew a single bid
Notice amendments
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Based on 21 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

08 of 21 notices amended

Who wins here
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
central medical services ltd722.6%77—
FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITEDframework/DPS on 126.5%12—
HALLS ELECTRICAL LTDframework/DPS on 226.5%02—
Elite Medical and Ambulance services ltd13.2%12—
Bluelight UK Ltd (Backup Provider)13.2%1226 Aug 2026
Emergency Services Training & Resilience (Primary Provider)13.2%1226 Aug 2026
Triple Point Lease Partners13.2%1113 Dec 2024
RIDER LEVETT BUCKNALL UK LIMITED13.2%119 Jun 2025

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 32% of 31 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 98 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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£60mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 12 of 12 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 78%.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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£5.0m middle valuerobust · n=12Middle half £289k–£8.1m.
Largest published awards
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SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
Private Ambulance Servicescentral medical services ltd——£12,000,000 †
Private Ambulance Service (PAS) FY 25/26 - ELITEElite Medical and Ambulance services ltd——£10,080,900 †
Private Ambulance Service ElitElite EMS——£10,080,900 †
Private Ambulance Servicescentral medical services ltd——£7,450,118 †
Private Ambulance Servicecentral medical services ltd——£7,450,118 †

Contracts ending
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42 of 60 contracts carry an end date, 19 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

ContractHolderEndsPublished value
Private Ambulance Servicescentral medical services ltd31 Mar 2027£12,000,000
Lot 1a - Mechanical Works £50,000 to £500,000Building Services NOW Ltd, C Watkins, CBES Ltd +2725 Jul 2027 estimated£25,000,000 ceiling
Lot 3b - Mechanical and Electrical Works £500,000 to £1,000,000Briggs and Forrester Engineering Services Ltd, C Watkins, CBES Ltd +2725 Jul 2027 estimated£137,500,000 ceiling
Lot 3c - Mechanical and Electrical Works £1,000,000 to £3,000,000Briggs and Forrester Engineering Services Ltd, C Watkins, Chris Bowker Limited +2425 Jul 2027 estimated£137,500,000 ceiling
Lot 3d - Mechanical and Electrical Works £3,000,000 or moreBriggs and Forrester Engineering Services Ltd, C Watkins, Dodd Group Limited +1925 Jul 2027 estimated£137,500,000 ceiling
Lot 1b - Mechanical Works £500,000 to £1,000,000Building Services NOW Ltd, C Watkins, Chris Bowker Limited +2525 Jul 2027 estimated£25,000,000 ceiling
Lot 1c - Mechanical Works £1,000,000 to £3,000,000Building Services NOW Ltd, C Watkins, Chris Bowker Limited +1825 Jul 2027 estimated£25,000,000 ceiling
Lot 1d - Mechanical Works £3,000,000 or moreC Watkins, Chris Bowker Limited, Dodd Group Limited +1425 Jul 2027 estimated£25,000,000 ceiling
Lot 2b - Electrical Works £500,000 to £1,000,000Chris Bowker Limited, Countrywide Electrical Services Ltd, Dodd Group Limited +1925 Jul 2027 estimated£87,500,000 ceiling
Lot 2c - Electrical Works £1,000,000 to £3,000,000Chris Bowker Limited, Countrywide Electrical Services Ltd, Dodd Group Limited +1825 Jul 2027 estimated£87,500,000 ceiling

Soonest 10 of 18 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 28 of 28 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Provision of External Tutors for Ambulance Driver TrainingFramework2 lotsEducation and training servicesAwarded / complete1 Oct 2026£4,000,000
Private Ambulance Service (PAS) 2027Ambulance servicesOpen25 Sept 2026£40,000,000
Purchase of 13 x Toyota Proace Electric Vehicles (One-Off) to replace existing internal logistics fleetLight vansAwarded / complete23 Sept 2026—
Door Access Control SystemIT software packageAwarded / complete22 Sept 2026£150,000
Short-Term Rental/Lease of Ambulance Driver Training VehiclesAmbulance servicesAwarded / complete15 Sept 2026£300,000
Purchase of 9 x Ford Double Crewed National Specification Ambulances (DCA) Electric Vehicle Base ChassisFramework10 lotsAmbulance bodiesAwarded / complete15 Sept 2026£4,000,000,000
Heat Decarbonisation for 4 Ambulance Stations at East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS TrustFramework12 lotsElectrical installation workAwarded / complete2 Sept 2026£1,000,000,000
Private Ambulance ServicesAmbulance servicesAwarded / complete1 Jul 2026£12,000,000
Taxi Support Provision for the Patient Transport Service (East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust)2 lotsTaxi servicesOpen18 May 2026£10,000,000
Provision of 50 x Non-Emergency Patient Transport Vehicles (Lease)Frameworkcentral purchasing body8 lotsAmbulance bodiesAwarded / complete23 Apr 2026£500,000,000
Provision of Bunkered Fuel to East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trustcentral purchasing bodyDiesel fuelAwarded / complete24 Mar 2026£6,000,000
Provision of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) 3rd Party Private Ambulance Provider for PTS Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Derbyshire Regions3 lotsAmbulance servicesAwarded / complete16 Dec 2025—
Supply of Traffic Film Remover & Exterior Ambulance Cleaning Consumables3 lotsCleaning productsOpen15 Sept 2025£500,000
Provision of Welfare Vehicles Lease HireAwarded / complete26 Aug 2025—
Purchase of 6 x Ford Electric Vehicle EV Base Chassis National Specification Double Crew AmbulancesAmbulancesAwarded / complete16 Jul 2025—
Provision of Hard Facilities Management (Hard FM) to East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS TrustBuilding and facilities management servicesAwarded / complete4 Jun 2025£10,000,000
Provision of Emergency Services Fuel CardDiesel fuelPlanned19 May 2025£7,000,000
Supply of Medical GasMedical gasesPlanned19 May 2025£3,200,000
Private Ambulance Service (PAS) FY 25/26 - ELITEHealth servicesAwarded / complete3 Apr 2025—
Private Ambulance ServiceHealth servicesAwarded / complete3 Apr 2025—

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Contracts Finder adds 13 more procedures by this authority, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list or in search.

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  • One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
  • Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
  • Contract end dates. 42 of 60 published contracts have an end date; 19 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.