Emergency And Urgent Care Private Ambulance Services

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is seeking providers to deliver private ambulance services supporting emergency and urgent care activity across Buckinghamshire and/or Berkshire.

Providers will be required to demonstrate that they have sufficient capacity to mobilise and meet the service requirements from the planned contract start date of 1 October 2026.

While services will principally operate within Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, providers may occasionally be required to travel outside their normal operating boundaries during a shift to facilitate patient transportation and respond to the Head Provider’s demand.

Service Requirements

The procurement comprises one service requirement covering Buckinghamshire or Berkshire.

The published requirement specifies:

• Total weekly staff hours – 399
• Activity blocks required – 1
• Required shift pattern – A
• Service start date – 1 October 2026
• Initial service end date – 31 January 2027

The contract may subsequently be extended by up to four additional periods of one month each.

Contract Information

Buyer: South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Deadline: 26 August 2026, 2:00pm

Contract Value: £800,000 excluding VAT

Delivery Length: 1 October 2026 to 31 January 2027, with the option to extend by up to four additional one-month periods

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Tenders must be submitted electronically and submissions may be made in English.

Evaluation Criteria

Price is not the only award criterion.

The specific criteria and weightings are Not disclosed in the information provided and are stated to be contained within the procurement documents.

Procurement Procedure

The procurement notice identifies an open procedure and states that the process is being run under the competitive process within the Provider Selection Regime.

Variants will not be accepted.

Tenderers will be required to maintain their tenders for two months from the tender submission deadline.

The opportunity represents a significant short-term requirement for private ambulance providers capable of rapidly mobilising capacity to support emergency and urgent care activity across Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, including the ability to respond to patient transport requirements outside normal working boundaries when required.

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