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# Ambulance Conversion Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ambulance-conversion-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043704). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust: "Ambulance Conversion Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-western-ambulance-service-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-ryf)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Ambulance conversion services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-043704`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ambulance-conversion-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043704#tl-md)

## Description
The Trust intends to award a contract to Advanced Emergency Vehicles Limited (“AEV”) for ambulance conversion services in respect of 63 vehicle chassis on the basis that the services can only be supplied by one provider. This is on the grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons arising from AEV’s obligations over retention of title rights owed to third parties, interoperability issues with any other provider completing the works to date and AEV’s ability to provide warranties over the converted vehicles in acquiring the business and assets of VCS.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** The Trust originally awarded a contract to Vehicle Conversion Specialists Limited (Company Number   07214183) (“VCS”) for ambulance conversion services through a call-off contract (dated 15 June 2023) under a framework agreement established by East o...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 003620-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Advanced Emergency Vehicles (AEV) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-121247`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 003620-2024-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 31/01/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003620-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-04T15:57:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T17:46:01.391Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-043704