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

Location

Stoke-on-Trent

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.

Total Quantity or Scope

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.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

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.

Other Information

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. Details of the award decision makers: NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB Procurement Operational Group (POG) on 17/03/2026. Details of declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision and how these were managed: The UEC MDT and POG agreement and approval processes seek to identify any Conflicts of Interest and, if declared, these are documented and managed according to SSOT ICB policy. Persons with known or declared Conflicts of Interest would be excluded from the decision- making process. In this case, no conflicts were declared by any members of the UEC MDT or Procurement Operational Group.