Quick answer — South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation TrustLast refreshed 11 May 2026

At a glance

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has awarded £1.7bn across 141 suppliers, with 119 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 4% · 30 open notices now · 9 awards in last 90 d (£19.1m) · SME share 12% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration4%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share12%
Pipeline · open now30
Awards · 90 d9

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKJ28. Tracks 136 published notices and 103 awards on PublicSupply.

136
Notices published
103
Awards
141
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£448.2m
12 m spend
£4.6m
Prior 12 m
+9590%
YoY change
£7.9m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£112m£224m£336m£448mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

18

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

30

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

9

£19.1m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified62 · £3.6bn
services44 · £768.6m
goods21 · £89.5m
works9 · £2.5m

Instrument type

contract133 · £4.4bn
call off3 · £85k
Source:Find a Tender: 80Contracts Finder: 56

Awarded contracts · 119 live

All contracts with a published award notice where South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
SECAmb call-off via RM6244 for Electric VehiclesFORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED34114000£522k11 May 2026active
SECAmb - Medicines Management VansDays Fleet50111000£85k10 Apr 2026active
Atmospheric Monitoring Devices – NHS Resilience Emergency Capabilities UnitSunbelt Rentals Limited£2.0m17 Apr 2026pending
Atmospheric Monitoring Devices – NHS Resilience Emergency Capabilities UnitDraegar Safety UK Ltd£2.0m17 Apr 2026pending
Atmospheric Monitoring Devices – NHS Resilience Emergency Capabilities UnitDraegar Safety UK Ltd£2.0m17 Apr 2026pending
Atmospheric Monitoring Devices – NHS Resilience Emergency Capabilities UnitSunbelt Rentals Limited£2.0m17 Apr 2026pending
Atmospheric Monitoring Devices – NHS Resilience Emergency Capabilities UnitSunbelt Rentals Limited£2.0m17 Apr 2026pending
South East Coast Ambulance Bulk Fuel Call-Off from CCS further competitionCERTAS ENERGY UK LIMITED09134200£6.7m24 Mar 2026active
SECAmb - Ambulance Make Ready (SASC)90917000£55.2mest.active
Fuel Cards for Emergency ServicesALLSTAR BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED30163100£1.8m12 Mar 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
WU
7 contracts · 19 Jan26 Feb
£61.9m
4% of total
2
WA
7 contracts · 19 Jan26 Feb
£61.9m
4% of total
3
VC
7 contracts · 19 Jan26 Feb
£61.9m
4% of total
4
OH
7 contracts · 19 Jan26 Feb
£61.9m
4% of total
5
AP
7 contracts · 19 Jan26 Feb
£61.9m
4% of total
6
VA
7 contracts · 19 Jan26 Feb
£61.9m
4% of total
7
TP
7 contracts · 19 Jan26 Feb
£61.9m
4% of total
8
SG
7 contracts · 19 Jan26 Feb
£61.9m
4% of total
9141
···
133 other suppliers
long tail · 30 SMEs
£1.6bn
95% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Repair & maintenance
151 contracts
£1.6bn
57%
Financial, insurance
35 contracts
£500.0m
17%
Other
67 contracts
£492.2m
17%
Sewage, waste, environment
8 contracts
£201.0m
7%
Radio, TV, communications
5 contracts
£23.7m
1%
Medical, pharmaceutical
4 contracts
£15.6m
1%
Business, legal, advisory
11 contracts
£12.3m
0%
Architecture, engineering
15 contracts
£11.8m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Repair & maintenance
2
0
Financial, insurance
Other
1
2
16
405
10
Sewage, waste, environment
Radio, TV, communications
Medical, pharmaceutical
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 · 0 in 90 d

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

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

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.

12%
SME supplier share
target 33%
35
SME award rows
1
VCSE award rows
141
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 12% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKJ28
Contact
Karen Clark
Email
procurement@secamb.nhs.uk

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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