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London Ambulance Service NHS Trust tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
8
About one every 46 days
Contracts awarded
21
To 36 different suppliers
Value awarded
£1.03m
7 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£85k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
10 coming up

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. LAS Financial Records Services and System

    LondonFinancial services and insurance

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEs

    £1.5mestimated
  2. LAS Clinical Audit Tool

    UK-wideIT services and software

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEs

    £195kestimated
  3. Emergency Medical Consumables & Equipment

    UK-wideMedical equipment and supplies

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEs

    £3.2mestimated
  4. Emergency Medical Consumables & Equipment

    UK-wideMedical equipment and supplies

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEs

    £3.4mestimated
  5. Emergency Medical Consumables & Equipment

    UK-wideMedical equipment and supplies

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEs

    £3.2mestimated
  6. Electronic Patient Care Record System (ePCR)

    LondonIT services and software

    UpcomingLow competition

    £3.47mestimated
  7. LAS Clinical Agency Staff Preferred Supplier List

    LondonRecruitment and staffing

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEs

    £13.6mestimated
  8. Occupational Health Services

    LondonHealthcare services

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEs

    £3.75mestimated
  9. Managed Bank Services for IUC & 111

    LondonRecruitment and staffing

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEs

    £15mestimated
  10. Vehicle Telematics

    UK-wideTelecoms and networks

    UpcomingLow competition

    £2.55mestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 5 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

  1. Vehicles and fleet12
  2. Medical equipment and supplies5
  3. IT services and software5
  4. Security3
  5. Healthcare services3
  6. Recruitment and staffing2

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months.

  1. Richell Vehicle Conversions LimitedSME5 contracts
    £516k awarded
  2. SAGA Truck and Van Ltd2 contracts
  3. RSM UK Consulting LLP MAIN1 contract
    £487k awarded
  4. Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Ltd1 contract
    £28k awarded
  5. Ambulance Transfers LimitedSME1 contract
  6. C Spiteri & Son Limited1 contract
  7. Calibration Engineering Services LtdSME1 contract
  8. Central Medical Services LtdSME1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)48%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)32%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)8%
  • Direct award (no competition)12%
Based on 25 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How London Ambulance Service NHS Trust has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
27 days
Shorter than 79% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 7 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
48%
Higher than 84% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 25 procurements
Won by small firms
68%
Higher than 81% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 38 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
2
Fewer than 72% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 6 awards
Split into lots
13%
Lower than 52% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 8 advertised tenders
Direct awards
12%
Lower than 93% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 25 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most NHS and health bodies
Based on 8 tenders

Compared with other NHS and health bodies

Time to bid, 82 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days2
10–15 days2
15–20 days1
20–25 days4
25–30 days35
30–35 days28
35–40 days7
40–45 days2
45–50 days1
50–55 days0
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 77 NHS and health bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids9
2–4 bids35
4–6 bids19
6–8 bids9
8–10 bids1
10–12 bids0
12–14 bids2
14–16 bids1
16–18 bids0
18–20 bids0
20+ bids1
Advertised openly, 279 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%115
10–20%56
20–30%34
30–40%13
40–50%17
50–60%14
60–70%10
70–80%6
80–90%6
90–100%8
Won by small firms, 274 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%5
10–20%20
20–30%35
30–40%49
40–50%51
50–60%39
60–70%24
70–80%26
80–90%18
90–100%7

Each column is a group of NHS and health bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds London Ambulance Service NHS Trust.See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

No contracts we hold from London Ambulance Service NHS Trust end in the next 90 days.

3 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
LAS - Medicines Packing Unit VehicleSAGA Truck and Van Ltd£70k8 Nov 2026
LAS - Mercedes Sprinter VehiclesSAGA Truck and Van Ltd£351k8 Nov 2026
LAS - Volkswagen Vehicle PartsVW Group UK Ltd£150k6 Nov 2026
LAS Ambulance Services Resilience PartnershipAmbulance Transfers Limited, Spark UK Medical Limited, ST. John Ambulance and 7 more£3.25m26 Oct 2026
LAS - PowerApps Dashboard DevelopmentGoaco Group Ltd£146k24 Oct 2026
LAS Shoreline Works and MaintenanceMas Systems Limited£481k21 Oct 2026
LAS - Ford Parts SupplyFord Motor Company T/A Parts Plus£1.55m20 Oct 2026
LAS - Ford Luton VansFord Motor Company Ltd£74k19 Oct 2026
Make Ready Optimisation Project BConiston Limited£423k12 Oct 2026
Totara Learning Management SystemThink Learning£43k12 Oct 2026