Official UK procurement notice
SWAST-5039-F Supply of Workshop Consumables
Authority: South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, acting on behalf of the Southern Ambulance Services Collaborative (SASC), is seeking to establish a single-supplier Closed Framework Agreement for the supply and delivery of ambulance workshop consumables and associated goods to support the maintenance, repair and operational readiness of ambulance fleet vehicles across participating NHS ambulance trusts. The framework is intended for use by South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWAST), South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb), London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS), East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) and South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS).
The framework will cover a broad range of workshop consumables and associated products including, but not limited to:
Workshop chemicals, cleaners, degreasers and maintenance products, ect.
- Not divided into lots: The Contracting Authority has considered whether to divide this procurement into lots and has concluded that lotting would not deliver the most advantageous outcome. The requirement is for a single, standardised supply solution covering ambulance workshop consumables and associated goods across all participating ambulance trusts and workshop locations.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Feb 2031, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Accumulators, primary cells and primary batteries · Electrical materials · Fasteners · Greases and lubricants · Parts and accessories for vehicles and their engines · Specialised chemical products · Tools · Work gloves
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Feb 2027 — N/A
Who may buy through it
(Southern Ambulance Services Collaborative) East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS)
Published description of the framework
Single Supplier Closed Framework
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1Published value£2,033,333
- Value
- £2,033,333 exc. VAT · £2,440,000 inc. VAT
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality — 50%
- Commercial — 40%
- Social Value — 10%
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust buys Specialised chemical products (CPV 2495) — and who usually turns up
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust’s own published record, next to the Greater London market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Specialised chemical products (CPV 2495) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 2495 · 1 in division 24 · 9 in all categories (3 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 8 lots. 7 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 1 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 8 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 5 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 7 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 91 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 6 notices.
Greater London · Specialised chemical products (CPV 2495)
framework/DPS notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 5 in CPV 2495 (5 competed) · 15 in division 24 (15 competed)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 24), last 36 months: 8 lots. All 8 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 24), last 36 months: 8 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 24), last 36 months: 1 notices. Small sample.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 2495), last 36 months: 141 awards.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 2495), last 36 months: 34 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 5 lots (all categories), applied to the £2,033,333 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.C. PEACOCK & CO., LIMITED Large | 5 class wins | 1 months ago | at estimate n=1 | 40% |
| STANDARD FUEL OILS LIMITED (07555993) Large | 2 class wins | this month | no comparable pairs | 35% |
| New Era Fuels Limited Large | 1 class wins | 5 months ago | no comparable pairs | 32% |
| Fleet Factors Large | 0 class wins | 1 months ago | at estimate n=5 | 31% |
| JC Peacock & Co Ltd Large | 1 class wins | 8 months ago | no comparable pairs | 28% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s median on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 2495 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Feb 2031
- First published
- 22 Sept 2026, 15:33 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 15:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
C472976- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0777cbFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Atamis (Health Family)- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Appointment period ends
- 5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- success fee · N/A
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published1 day ago22 Sept 2026, 15:33 BST
- Clarification questions byin 43 days5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 43 days · period end, not a bid countdown5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 82 days14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 130 days1 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published22 Sept 2026, 15:33 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- East of England Ambulance Service NHS TrustContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declaration
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender