Quick answer — South Western Ambulance Service NHS FTLast refreshed 02 Dec 2018

At a glance

South Western Ambulance Service NHS FT has awarded £1.4m across 10 suppliers, with 5 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 21% · 4 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 0% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration21%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now4
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

South Western Ambulance Service NHS FT is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 43 published notices and 40 awards on PublicSupply.

43
Notices published
40
Awards
10
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£150k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
South Western Ambulance Service NHS FT — 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)

4

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

services4 · £4.5m
Unspecified38 · £1.1m
goods1 · £1.0m

Instrument type

contract43 · £6.6m
Source:Contracts Finder: 38Find a Tender: 5

Awarded contracts · 5 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)35113400£1.0mest.active
Graphic Design Service£1.8mest.active
Printing Services & PublicationsMetafont Ltd£150kest.active
Printing Services & PublicationsInc Dot Com Limited£150kest.active
SWAST-1003-WR-20-21 Isles of Scilly 999 Response Lower Acuity Transfers60000000£2.5mest.active
GB-Exeter: SWAST-1009-FM-21-22 Dartmouth Station Works45453100£0active
GB-Exeter: SWAST-1002-FM-20-21 Works to Redruth Ambulance Station, Barncoose45453100£0active
GB-Exeter: SWAST-0975-FM-20-21 Chippenham Station Fit out Works45453100£0active
GB-Exeter: SWAST-0975-FM-20-21 Chippenham Station Fit out Works45453100£0active
GB-Exeter: SWAST-0910-FM-20-21 Warminster Ambulance Station45453100£0active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AL
1 contract · 18 Sept
£300k
21% of total
2
AL
1 contract · 18 Sept
£300k
21% of total
3
ML
1 contract
£150kest.
11% of total
4
ID
£150kest.
11% of total
5
FL
1 contract · 16 Oct
£150k
11% of total
6
SI
1 contract · 31 May
£128k
9% of total
7
RE
1 contract · 04 Jan
£100k
7% of total
8
MC
1 contract · 25 May
£50k
4% of total
910
···
2 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£75k
5% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Transport services
1 contract
£2.5m
37%
Other
3 contracts
£2.1m
31%
Security, emergency equipment
1 contract
£1.0m
15%
Repair & maintenance
10 contracts
£825k
12%
Radio, TV, communications
3 contracts
£128k
2%
Clothing, footwear
2 contracts
£100k
1%
Construction works
13 contracts
£50k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Transport services
Other
Security, emergency equipment
Repair & maintenance
Radio, TV, communications
Clothing, footwear
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 NHS FT 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.

0%
SME supplier share
target 33%
0
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
10
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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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
UK
Contact
Leigh-Ann Bullock
Email
MB-PurchasingandContractsHelpdeskMailbox@wmas.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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