Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Trust Headquarters, 1 Horizon Place, Mellors Way, Nottingham Business Park
Nottingham
NG8 6PY
UK
Contact person: Chris Johnson
E-mail: chris.johnson15@nhs.net
NUTS: UKF14
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.emas.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.emas.nhs.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of External Tutors for Ambulance Driver Training
Reference number: C461849
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
**THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD**<br/><br/>Provision of External Tutors for Driver Training Courses, against Lot 1 of the East of England Ambulance Service (Reference T24-05.<br/><br/>A further competition benchmark has been carried out with the suppliers listed on this framework and the Trust has awarded based on both the cost and availability of when external tutors are needed in accordance with training course dates.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
434 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF
Main site or place of performance:
EMAS Training Centres
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
**THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD**<br/><br/>Provision of External Tutors for Driver Training Courses, against Lot 1 of the East of England Ambulance Service (Reference T24-05.<br/><br/>A further competition benchmark has been carried out with the suppliers listed on this framework and the Trust has awarded based on both the cost and availability of when external tutors are needed in accordance with training course dates.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Availability of Tutors
/ Weighting: 0
Price
/ Weighting:
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
Further competition was undertaken via an already established framework in place under 2024/S 000-011631
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-011631
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21/09/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
EMSTAR
Emergency Services Training and Resilience Ltd
Unit 6 Heath Business Park 18 Bonehurst Road Horley Surrey
Horley
RH1 5EN
UK
Telephone: +44 2085221853
NUTS: UKF
Internet address(es)
URL: www.emstar.biz
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 434 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Further Competition has been undertaken against an already established Framework already in place.<br/>The Framework was put into place by East of England Ambulance Service under the PSR2015 regulations
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
E-mail: nternationalrelationsrudicialoffice@judiciary.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.secamb.nhs.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/10/2026