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Published 18 Aug 2026, 09:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Emergency And Urgent Care Private Ambulance Services

Official notice

Authority: South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ1)

Published estimate£800,000exc. VAT

Submissions closed 26 Aug 2026awarded 22 Oct 2026

Awarded to EMFS Group

Contract term 4 moends 31 Jan 2027 · starts 1 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

SCAS is seeking the provision of a range of Private Ambulance Services ("the Services") across the following Counties:

Buckinghamshire and or
Berkshire

During the course of a shift, providers may occasionally be required to travel outside of their normal working boundaries in order to facilitate the transportation of patients and to reflect the Head Provider's demand.

The tender comprises of One Lot:

Lot 1 - Buckinghamshire or Berkshire

Total weekly staff hours - 399

Activity Blocks Required - 1 Required Shift Pattern - A Start Date: 1st October 2026 End Date: 31st January 2027

Option to Extend by a further four one month periods

CPV: Ambulance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Awarded 4 moPublished value£800,000

Contract period: 1 Oct 2026 – 31 Jan 2027 (4 mo)

Delivery: South East · Berkshire or Buckingham

Extensions: The Contract can be extended by up to four periods of 1 monthVariant bids: not allowed

85143000 Ambulance services

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: 70Price: 60

Published sub-criteria (3)

Quality: 70
Price: 30
price: 30

Published award criteria (3)

Price: 30
Quality: 70
Price: 30

What this means for your bid

Price carries 60 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. Quality carries 70 of 130: the paper moves it further than 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: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 18 Aug 2026, 09:05 BST
Last source update: 28 Oct 2026, 09:13 GMT
Award evaluation window: 26 Aug 2026 – …
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-101842
Classification (CPV): Ambulance services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ1)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e623 Find a Tender

Publisher note: This process is being run under The competitive process under The Provider Selection Regime

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

Submission deadline: 26 Aug 2026, 14:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages: en
Bid validity: 60 days from the deadline
Bids opened: 26 Aug 2026, 14:05 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

26 Aug 2026 → 28 Oct 2026 · 4 dates

Submission deadline63 days ago
26 Aug 2026, 14:00 BST
Bids opened63 days ago
26 Aug 2026, 14:05 BST
Contract starts27 days ago
1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice published7h ago
28 Oct 2026, 09:13 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
28 Oct 2026, 09:13 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £800,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 99 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 22 Oct 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
EMFS GroupSME	£800,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

EMERGENCY AND URGENT CARE PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICES · EMFS GroupSME
Signed
22 Oct 2026
Value
£800,000
Period
… – 31 Jan 2027
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
9bids · 9 electronic	9	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

SOUTH CENTRAL AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNHS Foundation TrustHealth Unit 7 & 8 Talisman Business Centre, Talisman Road, Bicester, South East, OX266HRContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

South Central Ambulance ServiceReview body Bicester

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

EMFS Group LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 12883039 First Floor 1 Des Roches Square, Witan Way, Witney, South East, OX28 4BE

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.