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Ambulance Driver Training

East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 23:00.

Opportunity overview

This framework is proposed to support the ambulance sector, which operates a number of operational vehicles across their fleet. In order to operate an ambulance, in accordance with law the driver must be C1 Classified. The C1 driving license allows people to drive vans up to 7.5 tones which covers the entire fleet of operational vehicles. Alongside c1 driver training we have decided to incorporate Certificate Emergency Response Ambulance Driving.

Classification

  • CPV80510000 — Specialist training services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04f82f
Status
planned
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Jul 2025, 23:59

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planned
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
30 Apr 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 May 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
30 Apr 2033, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
80510000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Specialist training services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
011025-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
25 Mar 2025, 09:06
Entry 2
Id
025491-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK1
Description
Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
plannedProcurementNotice
Published
23 May 2025, 08:38

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
4 Apr 2025, 23:59
Description
EOE NHS CPH is issuing this market engagement in connection with the potential procurement to establish a single approach to market to support training and development services. This is supplementary preliminary market engagement Training & Development preliminary market engagement (2025/S 000-007717). The information provided will help us to form and shape the service specification for an open framework that will be conducted under the Procurement Act 2023. The Framework will be set-up as a covered procurement under the Light Touch Regime. This market engagement has 1 category - Ambulance Driver Training. The questionnaire will run on the Atamis portal: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome How to access the Questionnaire on the portal: Suppliers should register on the portal, if not already registered. To express an interest in this preliminary market engagement, search and select contract reference: C348045 Market Engagement – Ambulance Driver Training. Please complete the questionnaire within the requirements section for any training services that apply to you. Suppliers can contact the Atamis helpdesk at – support-health@atamis.co.uk or by calling 0800 9956035 for technical assistance when completing responses. The closing time and date for the return of your responses is 12:00pm on 4th April 2025.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PXMB-9766-NLTH
Name
East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH12
Country
GB
Locality
Fulbourn
Postal Code
CB21 5XA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Victoria House, Camlife, Cambridge Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PXMB-9766-NLTH
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Telephone
07714172558

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Fulbourn · UKH12 · CB21 5XA · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04f82f-2025-05-23T08:38:20+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·