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Ambulance Offload Service - NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 14:42.

Opportunity overview

This Confirmation of Award Notice is issued in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulations 6(3) and 7, Direct Award A. The Procurement relates to the Ambulance Offload Service for NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Contract value
£376.9k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
17 Mar 2026
Award ID
058246-2026-CMT-1137-1
Status
active
Location
Brierley Hill, UKG36, DY5 1LX, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85100000 — Health services

Lots

  • This Confirmation of Award Notice is issued in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulations 6(3) and 7, Direct Award A. The Procurement relates to the Ambulance Offload Service for NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (SSoT ICB). The Ambulance Offload Service provides clinical support with regards to patient experience, reducing potential patient harms that occurs from handover delays, and supports key system relationships, including functions to support timely flow when ambulances arrive at an Acute Hospital. SSoT ICB are awarding a contract to West Midlands Ambulance Service, the existing provider, via the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 6(3) and 7. SSoT ICB are of the view that the provider is satisfying the contract currently in place, and is the only provider who can satisfy the new contract due to the interoperability requirements between the Royal Stoke University Hospital and West Midlands Ambulance Service. The contract period shall be for 12-months (1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027). The estimated contract value is circa. £376,918.00 for the 12-month period.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
CMT-1137
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Confirmation of Contract Award Notice, in accordance with Regulations 6(3) and 7, Direct Award A. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
85100000
Description
Health services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
This Confirmation of Award Notice is issued in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulations 6(3) and 7, Direct Award A. The Procurement relates to the Ambulance Offload Service for NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (SSoT ICB). The Ambulance Offload Service provides clinical support with regards to patient experience, reducing potential patient harms that occurs from handover delays, and supports key system relationships, including functions to support timely flow when ambulances arrive at an Acute Hospital. SSoT ICB are awarding a contract to West Midlands Ambulance Service, the existing provider, via the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 6(3) and 7. SSoT ICB are of the view that the provider is satisfying the contract currently in place, and is the only provider who can satisfy the new contract due to the interoperability requirements between the Royal Stoke University Hospital and West Midlands Ambulance Service. The contract period shall be for 12-months (1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027). The estimated contract value is circa. £376,918.00 for the 12-month period.
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
No realistic alternative provider
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Name
No realistic alternative provider
Type
cost
Description
100

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG23
Entry 2
Region
UKG24

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
Id
GB-FTS-181513

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
One Smithfield, Leonard Coates Way, Hanley
Locality
Stoke-on-Trent
Region
UKG23
Postal Code
ST1 4FA
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Michelle Darby

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
07
Description
Health
Organisation 2
Name
West Midlands Ambulance Service
Id
GB-FTS-183589

Identifier

Legal Name
West Midlands Ambulance Service
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
Millennium Point, Waterfront Business Park
Locality
Brierley Hill
Region
UKG36
Postal Code
DY5 1LX
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
Id
GB-FTS-169061

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

Address

Street Address
One Smithfield - Leonard Coates Way - Hanley
Locality
Stoke-on-Trent
Postal Code
ST1 4FA
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
058246-2026-CMT-1137-1
Title
Ambulance Offload Officer Service
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-183589
Name
West Midlands Ambulance Service

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
058246-2026-CMT-1137-1
Award ID
058246-2026-CMT-1137-1
Title
Ambulance Offload Officer Service
Status
active
Date Signed
17 Mar 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
376,918
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Stoke-on-Trent · UKG23 · ST1 4FA · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG23
  • Delivery location · UKG24

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 058246-2026award, contract ·