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title: "Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport Services for the East Midlands and West Midlands Regions"
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# Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport Services for the East Midlands and West Midlands Regions

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialised-critical-care-ambulance-transport-services-for-the-east-midlands-and-west-midl-ocds-h6vhtk-02b457). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England and NHS Improvement: "Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport Services for the East Midlands and West Midlands Regions". Published status: active. Planned Pipeline Value: £19,250,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England and NHS Improvement](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-and-nhs-improvement-GB-FTS-65446)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £19,250,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 June 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Ambulance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF, UKG
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b457`

## 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/specialised-critical-care-ambulance-transport-services-for-the-east-midlands-and-west-midl-ocds-h6vhtk-02b457#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fctm%2Fsupplier%2Fpublictenders%3FB%3DAGCSU)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialised-critical-care-ambulance-transport-services-for-the-east-midlands-and-west-midl-ocds-h6vhtk-02b457#participate

## Description
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement - Specialised Commissioning Team (referred to as the
Commissioner) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver the Specialised Critical Care Ambulance Transport Services for the East Midlands region and the West Midlands regional Adult Critical Care Transfer service.
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) is acting as an agent for and on behalf of the Commissioner and is supporting the procurement process. NHS England and NHS Improvement - Specialised Commissioning Team are the
contracting and commissioning authority for the contract resultant from this
procurement and the contract will be held between them and the successful bidder.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKF, UKG

- **Description:** The key objective of this procurement is to select a provider for delivering the specialised critical care ambulance transport services, to support:
• Neonatal critical care (NCC);
• Paediatric critical care (PCC); and
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxyge...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011493-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-27T17:14:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T17:23:54.440Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b457