Official UK procurement notice
Vehicle Breakdown & Recovery Services (Planned & Unplanned)
Authority: West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£270,000≈ £90k / year · £324,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 11 Jul 2025
Contract term 3 yrsends 2 Nov 2028 · up to 2 Nov 2030 with extensions · starts 3 Nov 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionVehicle Recovery for West Midlands Ambulance Trust Vehicles, covering all regions specified in the ITT.
CPV: Automobile emergency road services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£270,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: Written submission: 60%
- The supply of Vehicle Breakdown & Recovery Services: 30%
- Social Value & Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- The supply of Vehicle Breakdown & Recovery Services
- Technical: Written submission
- Social Value & Sustainability
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jun 2025, 10:24 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jun 2025, 10:24 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 3 Nov 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029030- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052a54Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
BACS 30 Days
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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- Submission deadline
- 11 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
2 Jun 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published2 Jun 2025, 10:24 BST
- Clarification questions by11 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline11 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts359 days ago3 Nov 2025
- Award decision expected by358 days ago3 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published2 Jun 2025, 10:24 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender