Official UK procurement notice
Provision of External Tutors for Ambulance Driver Training
Authority: East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 13 public authorities
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement description**THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD**<br/><br/>Provision of External Tutors for Driver Training Courses, against Lot 1 of the East of England Ambulance Service (Reference T24-05.<br/><br/>A further competition benchmark has been carried out with the suppliers listed on this framework and the Trust has awarded based on both the cost and availability of when external tutors are needed in accordance with training course dates.
CPV: Education and training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 4 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published valueLot #1Supply of External tutor(s) for Driver Training CoursesAwarded UK, East MidlandsPublished value£600,000
Lot #2Outsourced Driver Training Courses (including the supply of external tutor(s), vehicles and venues) UKPublished value£3,300,000
Volumes of personnel requiring training will fluctuate with changes to workforce requirements.
Driver Training includes the use of ambulances, patient transport vehicles and rapid response vehicles. Students needs depend on whether the students are, Emergency Care Assistants (ECA), Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) or Paramedics operating on A&E response vehicles or other clinical groups.
The Supplier will be required to deliver both Emergency and Non-Emergency Driving Courses.
The Supplier must be an accredited company and hold the recognised qualification to deliver the FutureQual courses.
The Supplier will be required to deliver the following courses: including but not limited to:
FutureQual Level 3 Certificate in Emergency Response Ambulance Driving (L3CERAD)
FutureQual Level 3 Award in Patient Care Services: Ambulance Driving
The FutureQual Level 3 Certificate in Emergency Response Ambulance Driving (L3CERAD) course duration is currently twenty (20) days and conducted over four (4) weeks. The FutureQual Level 3 Award in Patient Care Services: Ambulance Driving is course duration is currently five (5) days and conducted over one (1) week. Course duration may be subject to change during the life of this contract. Suppliers must follow the Futurequals accredited course learning.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Apr 2024, 13:02 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 12:14 BST
- Authority reference
C461849- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092796- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04510dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Further competition was undertaken via an already established framework in place under 2024/S 000-011631
Publisher note: Further Competition has been undertaken against an already established Framework already in place.<br/>The Framework was put into place by East of England Ambulance Service under the PSR2015 regulations
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 26 Apr 2024
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
26 Apr 2024 → 1 Oct 2026 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown26 Apr 2024
- Notice published21 days ago1 Oct 2026, 12:14 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2026- Status changed to complete1 Oct 2026, 12:14 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Oct 2026, 12:14 BST
- Buyer details updated1 Oct 2026, 12:14 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 092796-2026-1
- Signed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Value
- £434,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Supply of External tutor(s) for Driver Training Courses | 4bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
12 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- East of England Ambulance ServiceContracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth
- London Ambulance Service NHS TrustContracting authority
- North East Ambulance Services NHS Foundation TrustContracting authority
- North West Ambulance Service NHS TrustContracting authority
- Scottish Ambulance Service NHS TrustContracting authority
- South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation TrustContracting authority
- South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation TrustContracting authority
- South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation TrustContracting authority
- Welsh Ambulance NHS TrustContracting authority
- West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS TrustContracting authority
- Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS TrustContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- East of England Ambulance NHS TrustReview body
- High Court and Court of Appeal of England and WalesReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- EMSTARFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.