London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) acting as the Contracting Authority invites suitably qualified organisations to submit a tender for the provision of Ambulance Resilience Services as part of an Open Procurement Procedure* conducted under the Procurement Act 2023.
* Incorporating Light Touch flexibilities, due to the nature of the services being procured, as set out in the Procurement Documents.
Demand on the LAS services is increasing year on year, with June 2026 seeing the highest number of 999 calls in a single day in its history. This demand is driven by a number of factors and the Trust seeks to understand and respond to these factors on an ongoing basis. When additionally faced with unforeseeable or unprecedented incidents which increase this demand LAS has identified that an established list of resilience partners can play a part in dealing with this increased demand.
The Trust is looking for partners to work with collaboratively to deliver outstanding care for all of our patients. We want a partner who is equally committed to being a first-class employer, and represents the best possible value in delivering patient care.
Requirement for the provision of specialist transportation harnesses for the secure conveyance of newborn infants to hospital for London Ambulance Service NHS Trusts
There will be scope within any resulting contract for the Ambulances trusts lists below to purchase harnesses from the selected supplier:
· Northeast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS)
· Northwest Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS)
· Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS)
· West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS)
· East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS)
· East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST)
· Southwest Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWAST)
· South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS)
· Southeast Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation trust (SECAMB)
· London Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (LAS)
· Welsh Ambulance Service (WAS)
· Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS)
· Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust (NIAS)
· Isle of Wight Ambulance
It should be noted that the total contract value within this notice is an estimate of the expected spend for this requirement across all trusts
Potential bidders will be able to register interest via Atamis https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome when the potential tender goes live
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