Official UK procurement notice
Ambulance Driver Training · UK public procurement notice
Authority: East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub c/o West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis framework is proposed to support the ambulance sector, which operates a number of operational vehicles across their fleet. In order to operate an ambulance, in accordance with law the driver must be C1 Classified. The C1 driving license allows people to drive vans up to 7.5 tones which covers the entire fleet of operational vehicles. Alongside c1 driver training we have decided to incorporate Certificate Emergency Response Ambulance Driving.
CPV: Specialist training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 7 yrs from 1 May 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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).
- “Ambulance Driver Training” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Light touch regime
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Mar 2025, 09:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 May 2025, 08:38 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-025491- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f82fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
25 Mar 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published25 Mar 2025, 09:06 GMT
- Market engagement4 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
EOE NHS CPH is issuing this market engagement in connection with the potential procurement to establish a single approach to market to support training and development services. This is supplementary preliminary market engagement Training & Development preliminary market engagement (2025/S 000-007717). The information provided will help us to form and shape the service specification for an open framework that will be conducted under the Procurement Act 2023. The Framework will be set-up as a covered procurement under the Light Touch Regime. This market engagement has 1 category - Ambulance Driver Training. The questionnaire will run on the Atamis portal: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ How to access the Questionnaire on the portal: Suppliers should register on the portal, if not already registered. To express an interest in this preliminary market engagement, search and select contract reference: C348045 Market Engagement – Ambulance Driver Training. Please complete the questionnaire within the requirements section for any training services that apply to you. Suppliers can contact the Atamis helpdesk at – [email protected] or by calling 0800 9956035 for technical assistance when completing responses. The closing time and date for the return of your responses is 12:00pm on 4th April 2025.
- Latest notice published23 May 2025, 08:38 BST
- Tender notice expected1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts181 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Mar 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published25 Mar 2025, 09:06 GMTUK2
- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 08:38 BSTUK1
- Published value updated to £2,000,00023 May 2025, 08:38 BSTwas £8,000,000
- Status changed to planned23 May 2025, 08:38 BST
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender