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Midlands Critical Care Transfer Service Ambulance Provider

services
Open procedure
Ambulance services
Published value
£85,200,000
Submission deadline 6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: NHS England: "Midlands Critical Care Transfer Service Ambulance Provider". Published status: active. Published value: £85,200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.
Contracting AuthorityNHS EnglandScope & CategoriesSERVICES (1 lot)Submission Window
29d 2h left
6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission GatewayLegal Basis & Regime2023/54 · Open procedure · Above thresholdEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£85,200,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NHS England
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for NHS England. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
22.8Bids / Report
7.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Anna FreudTop vendor: 29.6% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 859 active published awards; 13 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Anna Freud1 win£5,862,540
Anglia Ruskin University1 win£4,809,159
NHS Shared Business Services Limited1 win£4,393,727
Pearson Professional Assessments Limited1 win£4,374,320
Timewise Foundation CIC1 win£166,667
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNHS England
Procedure methodOpen procedure
Procurement categoryservices
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdYes
Legal basisUKPGA · 2023/54
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadline1 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submissionallowed
Submission languagesen
Published17 Aug 2026, 10:38 BST
Last source update17 Aug 2026, 10:38 BST
Recurring procurementYes
ClassificationAmbulance services
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06c530
How to participate
Submission methodNot published
Electronic submissionallowed
Clarification deadline1 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission languagesen
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Submission instructions
Please review requirements, documents and issue submissions via the Atamis e-Tendering portal- ref: C462374 https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
What is being bought
This procurement activity is hosted by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (the “Authority”) on behalf of the NHS England, for the requirement of a Midlands Critical Care Transfer Services Ambulance Provider. This service covers the ambulance provider provision for the Midlands Critical Care Transfer Services (MCCTs) for Neonatal Critical Care, Paediatric Critical Care, Adult Critical Care, and ECMO Transfer Services. The Midlands Critical Care Transfer Services covers the Midlands region for Neonatal, Paediatric, and Adult Critical Care, and for the ECMO service provides supra-regional care and supports the devolved nations. This service is for a combined dedicated ambulance transfer service to support the clinical and operational delivery of the NHS Egland Specialised Commissioned services for: • Neonatal Critical Care Retrieval Services (CenTre & NTS) • Paediatric Critical Care Retrieval Services (CoMET & KIDS) • Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation Transfer Service (ECMO) (Adult, Paediatric, and Neonatal) • Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCOTS) The MCCTs Ambulance Provider will provide 24/7 365-day service provision to support the delivery of these time critical services. Full detail can be viewed on Atamis ref C462374.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £85,200,000
    17 Aug 2026, 10:38 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    17 Aug 2026, 10:38 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    17 Aug 2026, 10:38 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
    17 Aug 2026, 10:38 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    17 Aug 2026, 10:38 BST
  6. Published value updated to £0
    7 Jul 2026, 13:23 BST
  7. Status changed to planning
    7 Jul 2026, 13:23 BST
  8. Official notice release published
    7 Jul 2026, 13:23 BST
  9. Buyer information updated
    7 Jul 2026, 13:23 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£85,200,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period1 Apr 2029, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2039, 23:59 BST
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalUp to 2 years
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    7 Jul 2026, 13:23 BST
  2. Procedure published
    17 Aug 2026, 10:38 BST
  3. engagement
    10 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Suppliers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise and express an interest in this requirement are requested to review/respond to the requirements, as detailed in the Briefing Note Document via the Health Family Single eCommercial System Portal (Atamis). https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Please search for project C457299. To View documents please register interest and then navigate "My Proposals and quotes".
  4. Submission deadline
    6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NHS England

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PDPT-3135-BWWY
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  • Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PNXM-2771-CPCW
    Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, UKG31, B4 6NH, GB
  • NHS England
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PDPT-3135-BWWY
    Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, UKI45, SE1 8UG, GB
    01213714056
  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
    processContactPoint
    procuringEntity

    GB-PPON: PWVL-6877-BXXV
    Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UKG31, B15 2GW, GB
    01213714056
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PWXN-8614-MPHH
    University Hospitals of Leicester Headquarters, Level 3, Balmoral Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester, UKF21, LE1 5WW, GB
Documents (3)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published