SWAST-5039-F Supply of Workshop Consumables
- Buyer
- South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
- Value
- £2,033,333
- Closes
- 5 November 2026
- Where
- Exeter, the South West
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
NHS ambulance services across five trusts need a single supplier to provide workshop consumables, chemicals, cleaners and maintenance products for keeping their ambulance fleets in working order. They're setting up a framework agreement (a pre-approved supplier list) worth around £2 million.
What the buyer wants
• Supply a broad range of workshop chemicals, cleaners, degreasers and maintenance products for ambulance fleet repair and maintenance • Deliver these consumables to multiple NHS ambulance trust locations across southern England • Meet delivery schedules to keep ambulances operational and ready for service
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
This is a single-supplier framework worth £2 million: most small businesses will struggle to compete against larger national distributors with established NHS relationships, existing product approval systems, and capacity to serve five trusts simultaneously across multiple delivery locations.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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