Official UK procurement notice
Non-Emergency Patient Transport/Ambulance Service
Authority: Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD1)
Published estimate£2,800,000≈ £933k / year · £3,360,000 inc. VAT15.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 14 Jan 2026awarded 17 Feb 2026
Award (standstill) to ERS Transition Limited trading as EMED Group Limited
Contract term 3 yrsends 28 Feb 2029 · up to 28 Feb 2030 with extensions · starts 23 Feb 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNon-Emergency Patient Transport/Ambulance Service for Mental Health sector.
- No preliminary market engagement: This is a re-tender exercise following an abandoned exercise in December 2025 owing to following an incorrect process. Market Engagement previously undertaken.
CPV: Ambulance services · Patient-transport vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,800,000
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).
How bids were scored
- Quality Weighting: Quality is split into Specification (60%) and Social Value (10%). Please refer to the tender document for more detailed information.
- Cost Weighting: Cost will be weighted 30%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Dec 2025, 14:22 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Feb 2026, 14:16 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Jan 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-082051- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f3ffFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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
- 14 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗.
Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:
Phone: 0800 9956035
E-mail: [email protected]
Timeline
11 Dec 2025 → 9 Mar 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published321 days ago11 Dec 2025, 14:22 GMT
- Submission deadline286 days ago14 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by272 days ago28 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts247 days ago23 Feb 2026
- Assessment summaries sent244 days ago26 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published244 days ago26 Feb 2026, 14:16 GMT
- Standstill ends232 days ago9 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Dec 2025- Tender notice published11 Dec 2025, 14:22 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published26 Feb 2026, 14:16 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 Feb 2026, 14:16 GMT
- Contract signature expected20 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £2,358,2171 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1210 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERS Transition Limited trading as EMED Group LimitedPrivate Ambulance/Transport Service1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: One period of 12 months. | £2,358,217 | 17 Feb 2026standstill to 9 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12final-stage tenders | 10 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ERS Transition (t/a EMED Group Limited)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender