Quick answer — South Western Ambulance ServiceLast refreshed 02 Jan 2025

At a glance

South Western Ambulance Service has awarded £1.2m across 7 suppliers, with 22 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 48% · 7 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 75% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration48%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share75%
Pipeline · open now7
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

South Western Ambulance Service is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 29 published notices and 22 awards on PublicSupply.

29
Notices published
22
Awards
7
Suppliers engaged
2024
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£427k
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£287k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
South Western Ambulance Service — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

7

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services6 · £16.8m
Unspecified17 · £905k
works2 · £300k
goods4 · £287k

Instrument type

contract25 · £18.3m
call off4 · £0
Source:Contracts Finder: 17Find a Tender: 12

Awarded contracts · 22 live

All contracts with a published award notice where South Western Ambulance Service is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
SWAST-3138-E Fire DoorsBell Group Limited44221220£83k02 Jan 2025active
SWAST-3138-E Fire Doors44221220£0active
SWAST-3146-E Lift Refurbishment Unit 4 Exeter HQJackson Lifts50750000£56k02 Jan 2025active
SWAST-3138-E Fire Doors44221220£0active
SWAST-3100-F - Pressure Washers and TFR - SouthAutosmart International43800000£287k22 Oct 2024active
SWAST-3100-F - Pressure Washers and TFR - SouthAutosmart International£287kest.active
SWAST-3045-DDaT Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)closed
SWAST-3135-E Air Source Heat Pumps for Taunton & NBOC£300kest.active
SWAST-3135-E Air Source Heat Pumps for Taunton & NBOC45331000£0active
Employee Assistance Programme & Physiotherapy Services98330000£7.4mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AI
2 contracts · SME · 22 Oct
£574kest.
48% of total
▼ 100%
2
BG
1 contract · 02 Jan
£83k
7% of total
▼ 100%
3
JL
1 contract · 02 Jan
£56k
5% of total
▼ 100%
4
PA
£0
0% of total
5
HI
£0
0% of total
6
KU
1 contract · SME
£0
0% of total
7
EA
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Software packages, IT
1 contract
£9.0m
49%
Other community services
1 contract
£7.4m
40%
Other
10 contracts
£967k
5%
Industrial machinery
2 contracts
£479k
3%
Mining machinery
2 contracts
£287k
2%
Construction materials
3 contracts
£83k
0%
Repair & maintenance
5 contracts
£56k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Software packages, IT
Other community services
Other
Industrial machinery
Mining machinery
Construction materials
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 Western Ambulance Service 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.

75%
SME supplier share
target 33%
6
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
7
Distinct suppliers

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
United Kingdom

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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