Ambulance and specialist vehicle supply framework

This tender was undertaken as an open procedure, as detailed in Regulation 27 of the UK statutory instrument Public Contracts Regulations 2015/102. South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust invited tenders for organisations to participate in a 48 month Agreement. The Agreement will be used by the Authority and may also be used by all other Ambulance Trusts, South Central Fleet Services Ltd and other organisations located in the United Kingdom, a list of all Eligible Bodies can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/acutetrustlisting.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/mentalhealthtrustlisting.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/ambulancetrustlisting.aspx http://www.scotland.gov.uk/topics/health/nhs-workforce/nhs-boards http://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/localservices/localhealthboards http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs Capita Treasury Solutions Limited, trading as Capita Asset Services (Capita), a major provider of advisory services to the UK public sector, will use this Agreement to enable its clients to supply/convert, lease, hire and maintain ambulance and specialist vehicles. Capita will provide details of the Agreement and market the Agreement to its clients. The Agreement is also available to all current and future members of The Procurement Partnership Limited’s (TPPL) buying club. A list of members of TPPL can be obtained from http://www.tppl.co.uk/about-us/our-members/. The primary vehicles required under this framework include supply/conversion of accident and emergency, rapid response, patient transport, ambulance service support vehicles. Services include leasing, repairs/maintenance and contract hire. Other vehicles and services (such as short term hire of ambulance vehicles (including specialist vehicles) or Service, Maintenance and Repair (SMR) solutions) that are related to the focus of this Agreement are expected to be provided as part of this Agreement within the closest relevant Lot(s). As an example, the short-term hire of ambulance vehicles is an additional service available from several lots.