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Ambulance and Specialist Vehicle Conversions (Ref: 2021/S 000-008133)

Background

The framework agreement for Ambulance and Specialist Vehicle Conversions has been created in partnership with NHS England and NHS Improvement and is intended to:

Provide a procurement compliant route to market for ambulance trusts and their subsidiaries to procure Ambulance and Specialist Vehicle Conversions; support the recommendation of Lord Carter’s review into unwarranted variation in NHS ambulance trusts; provide a procurement route to support and enable standardisation and collaboration; provide a funding stream based on a small supplier levy to assist trusts via NHS England and NHS Improvement and the National Strategic Ambulance Fleet Group in future innovation projects.

Benefits

  • A procurement route that aligns to the vision of NHS England and NHS Improvement
  • Procurement, via mini-competition, of a national specification Double Crewed Ambulance for NHS ambulance trusts
  • Compliant route to market for commonly used vehicles by NHS ambulance trusts
  • Encourage greater standardisation and collaboration between ambulance trusts
  • Deliver financial and operational benefits to trusts
  • Robust call-off procedure, improved contract and market management

Start date

01/04/2021

End date

31/03/2024

Contract type

Framework Agreement

Framework owner

East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub

ABI

1%

Award type

Further competition

Lots

Lot 1: Conversion of a van-based vehicle into a Type B emergency ambulance;
Lot 2: Conversion of a base vehicle into a mental health transport vehicle;
Lot 3: Conversion of a base vehicle into a non-stretcher carrying patient transport vehicle;
Lot 4: Conversion of a base vehicle into a stretcher carrying patient transport vehicle;
Lot 5: Conversion of a car into a rapid response vehicle

List of suppliers and awarded lots

  • Cartwight Vehicle Conversions Ltd (all lots)
  • Exsel Design & Integration Ltd (Lots 1 to 4)
  • Intomove Ltd (Lots 1 to 4)
  • O&H Vehicle Technology Ltd (Lots 1 to 4)
  • Vehicle Conversion Specialists Ltd (Lots 1 to 4)
  • Wilker UK Ltd (Lots 1 to 4)
  • Code Blue Specialist Vehicles Ltd (Lots 2, 3 and 5)
  • Halls Electrical Ltd (Lots 2, 3 and 5)
  • Wietmarscher Ambulanz und Sonderhrzeug GmbH c/o WAS UK Ltd (Lots 1 to 4)

Contact name

Martin Taylor

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