London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the NHS trust responsible for providing emergency and non-emergency ambulance services across Greater London, headquartered in Waterloo and serving a population of around 9 million people. It procures ambulances and fleet, medical equipment and consumables, communications and dispatch systems, uniforms and protective equipment and facilities management for its ambulance stations.

Quick answer — London Ambulance Service NHS TrustLast refreshed 12 May 2026

At a glance

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust has awarded £507.3m across 420 suppliers, with 327 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 8% · 35 open notices now · 34 awards in last 90 d (£36.2m) · SME share 32% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 3 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration8%
Modifications · 90 d3
SME spend share32%
Pipeline · open now35
Awards · 90 d34

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the NHS trust responsible for providing emergency and non-emergency ambulance services across Greater London, headquartered in Waterloo and serving a population of around 9 million people. It procures ambulances and fleet, medical equipment and consumables, communications and dispatch systems, uniforms and protective equipment and facilities management for its ambulance stations.

999
Notices published
937
Awards
420
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£204.6m
12 m spend
£92.6m
Prior 12 m
+121%
YoY change
£125k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£25m£49m£74m£99mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

33

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

35

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

34

£36.2m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified913 · £445.5m
services52 · £255.9m
goods34 · £116.5m

Instrument type

contract962 · £806.1m
call off37 · £11.8m
Source:Contracts Finder: 890Find a Tender: 109

Awarded contracts · 327 live

All contracts with a published award notice where London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Electronic Patient Care Record System (ePCR)48100000£3.5mest.planned
LAS - Ambulance ConversionsWas Vehicles (UK) Limited50117200£5.9m12 May 2026active
LAS Install Security Gates at New Addington London Ambulance StationCooper Clarke Construction Limited45210000£100k06 Feb 2025active
LPP Dynamic Purchasing System for Minor Works & MaintenanceA&D Industrial Doors Limited44221240£100k17 Apr 2026active
LAS Clinical Agency Staff Preferred Supplier List79620000£13.6mest.planned
Occupational Health Services85147000£3.8mest.planned
Managed Bank Services for IUC & 11179620000£15.0mest.planned
LAS Stakeholder AuditThinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Limitedactive
Supply of Bunkered FuelCERTAS ENERGY UK LIMITED09134200£4.9m05 May 2026active
Purchase and conversion of MinibusesHeathrow Truck Centre Limited34100000£187k04 Feb 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
IC
3 contracts · 25 Feb30 Mar
£40.0mest.
8% of total
▼ 100%
2
WV
10 contracts · SME · 21 Sept12 May
£30.9m
6% of total
▲ 188%
3
FM
38 contracts · 09 Dec29 Oct
£25.4m
5% of total
▲ 190%
4
MI
5 contracts · 07 Oct06 Jan
£24.6mest.
5% of total
New
5
AM
7 contracts · 21 Sept12 Jan
£16.3mest.
3% of total
New
6
JC
7 contracts · 21 Sept12 Jan
£16.3mest.
3% of total
New
7
FS
7 contracts · 21 Sept12 Jan
£16.3mest.
3% of total
New
8
LH
6 contracts · 01 Apr12 Jan
£16.1mest.
3% of total
New
9420
···
412 other suppliers
long tail · 145 SMEs
£372.4m
73% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
79 contracts
£351.7m
42%
Repair & maintenance
101 contracts
£119.0m
14%
Business, legal, advisory
255 contracts
£107.9m
13%
Transport equipment, vehicles
108 contracts
£70.0m
8%
Sewage, waste, environment
11 contracts
£58.9m
7%
Health & social work
20 contracts
£58.2m
7%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
12 contracts
£40.7m
5%
Education, training
68 contracts
£34.0m
4%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
1
0
16
78
0
10
Repair & maintenance
0
0
9
1
8
10
0
5
0
6
Business, legal, advisory
0
0
5
0
0
0
2
Transport equipment, vehicles
2
1
0
2
3
0
1
0
3
3
Sewage, waste, environment
0
0
Health & social work
0
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 3 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 3 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

32%
SME supplier share
target 33%
298
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
420
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 32% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI45
Contact
Natalie Almeroth
Email
londamb.purchasing.requests@nhs.net

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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