Information Governance
Request ID: 2217 
Freedom of Information request - Details for Private Ambulance Provider
contracts -  
Created Date | Aug 10, 2023 03:20 PM 

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Information Governance
Request ID: 2217 
Freedom of Information request - Details for Private Ambulance Provider
contracts - Freedom of Information 
Created Date | Aug 10, 2023 03:20 PM 

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Dear Holly Bettis,
This is to confirm that your request 2217  is now resolved. 
 

Kind regards,

Information Governance

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Holly Bettis,
Category : Freedom of Information

I refer to our acknowledgement in respect of your request for information
under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  

 

Please see below response to your questions below:-

 

Information requested Trust response
   

I would be most grateful if you Q1 - Applied to be on the contract.
would provide me, under the
Freedom of Information Act, Alliance Pioneer,
details in respect to the
contracts below. Bristol Ambulance EMS ,

SWAST-0881-OT-20-21 - Private British Red Cross, Central Medical
Ambulance Providers Services,
SWAST-0460-OT-16-17 Private
Ambulance Provider Emergency Medical Services,

The details we require are: First Care Ambulance,
•1    Name of suppliers who
applied for inclusion on each Jigsaw Medical Ltd, Medical Services Ltd
contract and were successful and (falck),
not successful at the PQQ & ITT
stages? Polaris Medical Services,

  St Johns Ambulance,

  UK Specialist Ambulance Service.

  Successful

  Alliance Pioneer Ltd, Bristol Ambulance
EMS, Central Medical Services, Jigsaw
  Medical Ltd, Polaris Medical Services
Ltd
 
Q2 - This was done on a pass fail of the
  evaluation and Quality audit not a
ranking system.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q3 The start date for the contracts are
  as follows:

   

  SWAST-0881-OT-20-21 - Private Ambulance
Providers      
2   Ranking of all successful and
not successful suppliers at the Alliance Pioneer                
PQQ & ITT stages? 19/08/2020 £7,374,991

  Role 1 Medical                   
04/06/2020 £5,323,299
 
SWAST-0460-OT-16-17 Private Ambulance
  Provider           

  Bristol Ambulance EMS 
    01/07/2019 £37,844,920
 
Elite Emergency Medical Services
  Ltd 01/07/2019 £309,949

  Central Medical Services
Ltd  01/07/2019 £3,702,787
 
 
 
Q4 - The contracts have been extended
  until May 2024 to allow time for
tendering the requirement.
•  3 Actual spend on these
contracts from the start of the  
contracts to the current date?
 
 
Q5 - The KPI’s are tied into service
  Level Agreements. We measure
availability and tasks as per the
  specification (Performance Monitoring).

   

  Q6 – Please see specification attached.

   

  Q7 - Under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 we are not able to provide you
  with any personal data under this
legislation. Please see below exemption
• 4   Has a decision been made 40 (2)
yet on whether the contracts are
being either extended or renewed? Section 40(2) – Personal information

  This exemption covers the personal data
of third parties (anyone other than the
  requester) where complying with the
request would breach any of the
  principles in the UK GDPR.

   

   

•  5 What are the contractual
performance KPI's for these
contracts?

 

• 6 Could you please provide a
copy of the service specification
given to all bidders for when
theses contract was last
advertised?

 

• 7   Who is the senior officer
(outside of procurement)
responsible for these contracts?

 

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responded to your request. 

 

However, if you are dissatisfied with our response, you also have the
right to make use of the following complaints procedures:

 

In the first instance you may write to the Chief Executive of this Trust

 

Mr William Warrender

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Abbey Court

Eagle Way

Exeter  EX2 7HY

 

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reviewed and for the outcome to be communicated to you, or will convene a
panel of Trust Directors to consider an appeal against a decision to
withhold information.

 

If you are unhappy with the response to your complaint, or findings of the
Panel, you can contact the Information Commissioner at:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office,

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,                                 

Wilmslow,

Cheshire.  SK9 5AF

 

Tel: 01625 545 700

 

Kind regards,

Information Governance Team
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust,
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of
Information Act, details in respect to the contracts below.
SWAST-0881-OT-20-21 - Private Ambulance Providers
SWAST-0460-OT-16-17 Private Ambulance Provider
The details we require are:
•    Name of suppliers who applied for inclusion on each contract and were
successful and not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages?
•    Ranking of all successful and not successful suppliers at the PQQ &
ITT stages?
•    Actual spend on these contracts from the start of the contracts to
the current date?
•    Has a decision been made yet on whether the contracts are being
either extended or renewed?
•    What are the contractual performance KPI's for these contracts?
•    Could you please provide a copy of the service specification given to
all bidders for when theses contract was last advertised?
•    Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for
these contracts?
Yours faithfully,
Holly Bettis
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