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Published 14 Jun 2023, 11:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Ambulance Vehicle Preparation Services

Official notice

Authority: North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£6,000,000exc. VAT37.7% above published estimate
Submissions closed 14 Jul 2023awarded 11 Jul 2024
Awarded to Churchill Contract Services Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Ambulance Vehicle Preparation Service (Deep Clean & Make Ready)

CPV: Cleaning and sanitation services · Cleaning services of transport equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£6,000,000

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality & Technical: 60%
  • price: 30%
  • Social Value & Environmental Impacts: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality & Technical: 60%
  • Social Value & Environmental Impacts: 10%
  • Price: 30%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
14 Jun 2023, 11:50 BST
Last source update
16 Sept 2024, 09:08 BST
Award evaluation window
14 Jul 2023 – …
Authority reference
NWAS-TR-65-22
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-029503
Classification (CPV)
Cleaning and sanitation servicesCleaning services of transport equipment
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d60b Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Any United Kingdom Ambulance Trusts or successor organisations to the below list may at their own discretion choose to purchase through the resulting agreement with the appointed supplier. Please note that no volume of business is guaranteed and Trusts are not obliged to use the agreement. If any of the named Trusts wish to procure via the contract for Occupational Health Services with the successful supplier(s) then the specification (Annex B2) must be used as a basis for their requirements. A quotation for fees and charges must be requested from the successful supplier(s). <br/><br/>The NHS ambulance services and home countries ambulance services which may utilise this agreement are:<br/><br/>•North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust <br/>•North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust <br/>•Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust <br/>•East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust<br/>•West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust<br/>•South West Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust<br/>•East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust<br/>•London Ambulance Service NHS Trust<br/>•South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust <br/>•South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust<br/>•Scottish Ambulance Service <br/>•Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust <br/>•Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust <br/>•Isle of Wight Ambulance Service

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
14 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
14 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Jul 2023 → 16 Sept 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    14 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    14 Jan 2024, 23:59 GMT
  4. Notice published
    16 Sept 2024, 09:08 BST

Notice history

1 event · 4 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Sept 2024, 09:08 BST
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextAward criteria · II.2.5.1.1Price OnlyPrice is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
—Contract periodII.2.7.414 Jul 202318 Jul 2023+4 d
—Bid openingIV.2.7.114 Jul 202318 Jul 2023+4 d
—Bid validityIV.2.6.114 Jan 202418 Jan 2024+4 d

2 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2023-06: 1 release · 14 Jun 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £8,260,4151 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Jul 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Churchill Contract Services Limited£8,260,415 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Chorley New Road, Bolton, North West, BL1 5DDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria