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# Private Ambulance Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/private-ambulance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05176d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust: "Private Ambulance Services". Published status: complete. Planned Pipeline Value: £12,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Dec 2025. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-midlands-ambulance-service-nhs-trust-nhs-rx9)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £12,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 December 2025 at 00:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Ambulance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £12,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/private-ambulance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05176d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05176d`

## 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/private-ambulance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05176d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/private-ambulance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05176d#participate

## Description
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust ("EMAS") requires Private Ambulance Services for the period 2026/2027. These encompass Double Crewed Ambulances (DCAs) with a mix of Paramedic, Technicians and Emergency Care Assistants (ECA).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85143000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £12,000,000
- **Description:** East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (“EMAS”) requires Private Ambulance Services for the period 2026/2027. These encompass Double Crewed Ambulances (DCAs) with a mix of Paramedic, Technicians and Emergency Care Assistants (ECA).<br/><br/>The in...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2027

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 020121-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **central medical services ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-176296`
  - Value: £12,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 020121-2026-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £12,000,000
  - Signed Date: 05/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F061918-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-01T15:06:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T06:21:38.645Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05176d