Official UK procurement notice
YAS 17 2026_27 Provision of Physiotherapy Services
Authority: Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£500,000≈ £250k / year · £600,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 14 Aug 2026awarded 13 Oct 2026
Award (standstill) to Sano Physiotherapy LTD
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Physio Services for Yorkshire Ambulance Service staff.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
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 (13)
- Technical Capability: 7%
- Technical Resource: 7%
- Clinical Excellence - Governance Practices and Management: 10%
- Service Delivery - Communication: 5%
- Service Delivery - Reaction to issues/problems/complaints: 5%
- Quality - Customer Care: 5%
- Quality - Service: 5%
- Premises: 4%
- Business Continuity: 5%
- Service Delivery - Flexibility and Responsiveness: 7%
- Commercial Envelope: 30%
- Social Value - Reducing Inequalities: 5%
- Reducing Climate Change - Working Towards Net Zero: 5%
Published award criteria (13)
- Commercial Envelope
- Technical Capability
- Technical Resource
- Clinical Excellence - Governance Practices and Management
- Service Delivery - Communication
- Service Delivery - Reaction to issues/problems/complaints
- Quality - Customer Care
- Quality - Service
- Premises
- Reducing Climate Change - Working Towards Net Zero
- Social Value - Reducing Inequalities
- Business Continuity
- Service Delivery - Flexibility and Responsiveness
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
- Awarded
- 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
- Yes · next expected 26 Oct 2026
- First published
- 10 Jul 2026, 09:43 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2026, 14:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
YAS 17 2026_27- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-064985- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c822Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
NHS Terms and Conditions
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
- Submission deadline
- 14 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
10 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Tender notice published110 days ago10 Jul 2026, 09:43 BST
- Clarification questions by82 days ago7 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline75 days ago14 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent15 days ago13 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published15 days ago13 Oct 2026, 14:15 BST
- Standstill ends5 days ago22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by45h ago26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 154 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jul 2026- Tender notice published10 Jul 2026, 09:43 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published22 Jul 2026, 08:29 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published13 Oct 2026, 14:15 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Oct 2026, 14:15 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Incorrect title on noticed - listed as YAS 17 2025_26 instead of YAS 17 2026_27.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £500,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 86 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sano Physiotherapy LTDSMEYAS 17 2025_26 Provision of Physiotherapy Services1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2032Extensions: 3 x 12 months · Options: 3 x 12 months | £500,000 | 13 Oct 2026standstill to 22 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8final-stage tenders | 6 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Sano Physiotherapy LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender