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title: "Make Ready Tender 2022"
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# Make Ready Tender 2022

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/make-ready-tender-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-031956). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust: "Make Ready Tender 2022". Published status: active. Published Value: £11,000,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactis2p.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-central-ambulance-service-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rye)
- **Published Value:** £11,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 June 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Building and facilities management services, Cleaning services, Metal, Miscellaneous health services, Monitoring and control services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ, UKJ1, UKJ2, UKJ3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0023
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/make-ready-tender-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-031956#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-031956`

## 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/make-ready-tender-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-031956#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierlive.proactis2p.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierlive.proactis2p.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/make-ready-tender-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-031956#participate

## Description
The provision of a Make Ready service, its implementation, integration and ongoing
management for frontline and patient transport vehicles.
Make Ready service is to ensure the scheduled number of frontline A&E vehicles and other
supporting operational vehicles are cleaned, re-stocked, fully equipped and ready for use,
when and where needed on a 24/7 basis to meet SCAS’s Operational demands. For every
crew, for the start of every shift and at every site
SCAS wishes to achieve the following key objectives:
1.Provide a fully cleaned and stocked vehicle prior to the start of every operational shift
2.Improve vehicle cleanliness standards and stock
3.Improve tracking of equipment and ensure a clear audit trail is in place for equipment,
consumables, vehicle cleanliness and condition of the vehicle
4.Optimise utilisation of SCAS assets
5.Improve medicine management
6.Reduce frequency and length of time vehicles are out of service
7.Reduce burden on operational crews pre- and post- shift
8.Improve forecasting and planning activities
9.Achieve efficiencies in overall costs

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 Will be known as the Core Make Ready service and will comprise all elements of this specification with the exception of: Lot 2 Medicines Management (Section 13 of specification) and 3 Medical Consumables (Sections 14.4 & 14.5 of specification)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 63712000, 71700000, 79993000, 85140000, 90910000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** 1.1.	SCAS requires a fully managed Make Ready service to ensure the scheduled required number of frontline A&E vehicles and other supporting operational vehicles are cleaned, re-stocked, fully equipped and ready for use, when and where needed on a 24...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85140000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** 1.	Medicines management is a centralised department for SCAS with two locations. The Supplier is to provide resilience with appropriate level of staffing to carry out the required tasks to the standard specified by SCAS.
1.1.	Packing of modules requi...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85140000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** LOT 3       Sections 14.4 and 14.5 Medical Consumable Prepacking
14.4.	Pre-packing
14.4.1.	Some consumable items and equipment are packed into groups for a specific medical scenario, or into specialist bags e.g., dressings pack, burns pack and matern...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012893-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-17T14:39:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T20:47:13.286Z
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