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Secure Ambulance Services

Buyer: Devon Partnership NHS Trust →

BuyerDevon Partnership NHS Trust
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£10,000,000
Published9 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Devon Partnership NHS Trust are commencing a tender exercise for a 5 year Mental Health, Secure Ambulance Transport Service for both Devon Partnership NHS Trust and Livewell Southwest. There will be a further 2 years optional extensions built into this new contract. This new contract is expected to commence 20th January 2026 and "DPT" are hosting a pre-tender submission market engagement event via MS Teams at 10am on the 2nd October, if you wish to participate in this event, please contact simon.worthy@nhs.net for further details

Delivery location

UKK, GB

Categories

Ambulance services 85143000

Lot details

Lot LOT-0000

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 20 Jan 2026 to 19 Jan 2031

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
LOT-0000Ambulance servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Ambulance services (85143000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8510,9451 median · 39.3 average (4,516 of 10,945 with a bid count)2 average (5,174 of 10,945 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKK2181 median · 8.9 average (51 of 218 with a bid count)1.8 average (56 of 218 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)4574.5 median · 280.6 average (16 of 457 with a bid count)5.3 average (16 of 457 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£6,505,995 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £10,000,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97405&B=engagement10 Oct 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-058d90
Latest release ID054971-2025
Latest release timestampTue Sep 09 2025 11:15:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£10,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
9 Sept 2025planningUpdate054971-2025
26 Aug 2025planning051175-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
9 Sept 2025 · 054971-2025 · planningUpdate
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26 Aug 2025 · 051175-2025 · planning
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