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title: "South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS) Patient Transport Services"
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# South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS) Patient Transport Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/south-thames-retrieval-service-strs-patient-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06ee6f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust: "South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS) Patient Transport Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/guy-s-and-st-thomas-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rj1)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Ambulance services, Ambulances
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06ee6f`

## 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/south-thames-retrieval-service-strs-patient-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06ee6f#tl-md)

## Description
The South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS) provides specialist paediatric critical care retrieval and transfer services for critically ill children across a network of hospitals. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is preparing to procure a dedicated 24/7 patient<br/>transport service, including specialist ambulances and Ambulance Technicians, to support the safe and timely transfer of patients to specialist paediatric intensive care units (PICUs).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 34114121
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice<br/><br/>Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust ("the Authority") is seeking to procure Patient Transport Services for the South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS).<br/><br/>STRS is ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 082128-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ERS Medical 1**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186205`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 082128-2026-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 11/08/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F088105-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-17T10:15:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T23:51:39.246Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06ee6f