Published date: 26 August 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 28 September 2021, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Emergency vehicles - 34114100

  • Paramedic vehicles - 34114120

  • Patient-transport vehicles - 34114122

    • Vehicles for the emergency services - 34144200

    • Fleet management, repair and maintenance services - 50111000

    • Vehicle-fleet management services - 50111100

    • Financial leasing services - 66114000

Location of contract

BL1 5DD

Value of contract

£1,500,000 to £8,400,000

Procurement reference

20210826133045-39

Published date

26 August 2021

Closing date

28 September 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 January 2022

Contract end date

31 December 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The purpose of this Invitation to Apply (ITA) is to provide Applicants with sufficient information to enable them to compile a comprehensive Application that meets the requirements of the Procurement to establish a framework for the provision of a Vehicle Hire Service (for the purpose of driver training) ("the Service"). The North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS) is one of fourteen ambulance services in the UK. We provide paramedic emergency ambulance services (PES), patient transport services (PTS), emergency contact centre and 111 services to diverse communities covering the whole of the North West of England. NWAS handles around 800,000 emergency calls and 3 million patient journeys per year. This comprises 17% of national activity for ambulance service trusts. Within this total activity, NWAS provide over 2 million patient transport journeys for patients travelling to hospitals and healthcare centres for treatment. The purpose of this procurement is to establish a framework agreement ("Framework Agreement") for the provision of an Ambulance Vehicle Hire Service (for the purpose of driver training). It is anticipated that the Authority will appoint all organisations as 'Framework Providers' who shall be eligible to receive orders from the named Authorities for the term of the Framework.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Vicki Stansfield

Address

Chorley New Road
Bolton
BL1 5DD
ENG

Telephone

+44 1204498498

Email

vicki.standsfield@nwas.nhs.uk