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SECAmb - Ambulance Make Ready

  • South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

UK1: Pipeline notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-064049

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-051db4 (view related notices)

Published 22 May 2025, 1:37pm

Last edited 10 October 2025, 10:29am

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Changes to notice

This notice has been edited. The previous version is still available.

1) amended contract value to incorporate length of contract (this was increased after pipeline notice submitted)

2) amended wording to incorporate details of pre-market engagement

Scope

Reference

C336432

Description

To supply a vehicle preparation and cleaning service for Ambulances including monitoring and re-stocking medical equipment/consumables to deliver a fully managed service.

Also provide a C1 classified driver service to move vehicles between VPP and ambulance sites to Make Ready Centres for the make ready service.

The Trust plan to hold a pre-market engagement event on 7th November 2025 where potential bidders will have the chance to comment on the draft specification and spend some time watching the make ready process at one of our centres.

Interested parties will need to respond through the messaging service on the Atamis eTendering Portal - Project Reference C336432. The Atamis System can be found at:

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

This contract will be made available for other members of the Southern Ambulance Services Collaboration.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 2 August 2026 to 1 August 2029
  • Possible extension to 1 August 2033
  • 7 years

Main category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 90910000 - Cleaning services
  • 63711200 - Moving workshops services
  • 33952000 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
  • 90917000 - Cleaning services of transport equipment

Contract locations

  • UKJ - South East (England)

Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

30 April 2026


Contracting authority

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PGNR-3396-MRLQ

Nexus House, Gatwick Road

Crawley

RH10 9BG

United Kingdom

Contact name: Karen Clark

Telephone: 07423797196

Email: procurement@secamb.nhs.uk

Website: https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/

Region: UKJ28 - West Sussex (North East)

Organisation type: Public authority - central government