Awarded contract

YAS 47 2026_27 Apprenticeship Management System

Details

Buyer: Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Supplier(s): Aptem
Value: £150,000
Duration: 5 years
Topic: Education and training services
Published: 2 October 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Three to five weeks response window for over threshold tender The response window for above-threshold tenders is typically three to five weeks. This period is crucial for suppliers to prepare and submit their bids. The Procurement Act 2023 mandates that suppliers have a minimum of 25 days to respond, although buyers can extend this for complex procurements. During this time, suppliers must submit any questions about the specification or evaluation criteria before a clarification period closes, which is usually one to two weeks before the submission deadline. After the submission deadline, the contracting authority evaluates all responses, which typically takes two to six weeks, depending on the number of responses and the complexity of the evaluation. Tender Consultants ## Contract award Title: YAS 47 2026_27 Apprenticeship Management System

Timeline

Completed: Award published2 October 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date2 October 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2031in 4 years

About the buyer

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides emergency and non-emergency ambulance services across Yorkshire, and buys as an NHS trust with its own procurement team. Every tender runs through Atamis, the Trust's e-procurement system, with larger opportunities also advertised on Find a Tender. Contracts follow the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and a risk-balanced approach that looks beyond price alone. Non-emergency patient transport is commissioned under the Provider Selection Regime rather than open tender. The Trust also runs its own framework agreement for patient transport subcontractors.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, transport equipment and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

80000000 · Education and training services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@yorkshire-ambulance-service-nhs-trust.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@yorkshire-ambulance-service-nhs-trust.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@yorkshire-ambulance-service-nhs-trust.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@yorkshire-ambulance-service-nhs-trust.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@yorkshire-ambulance-service-nhs-trust.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@yorkshire-ambulance-service-nhs-trust.gov