Patient transport, fleet provision and the part of the service that is scheduled
A large share of ambulance procurement is not emergency response but planned patient transport: taking people to appointments, discharging them home, and moving them between facilities. It is a scheduling problem rather than a response-time one, and the measures reflect that -- arrival within a window before an appointment, waiting time after it, and the proportion of journeys that are aborted. Eligibility criteria matter commercially, because the decision about who qualifies for transport determines demand and usually rests with the buyer.
Vehicles and crew are specified by patient need rather than by vehicle type. Stretcher capability, wheelchair securement tested to recognised standards, bariatric capacity, oxygen provision, and escorts for patients with cognitive impairment or infection control requirements each change the vehicle and the crew. Crews need training in moving and handling, basic life support, safeguarding and often dementia awareness, and background checks are required because they enter homes and work unsupervised with vulnerable people.
Inter-facility transfer of critically ill patients is a distinct and more demanding requirement that is sometimes bundled into the same notice. It needs equipment and clinical staffing closer to an intensive care standard, and neonatal transfer more so again. Fleet provision itself -- the conversion of base vehicles to ambulance specification, with electrical capacity, securement of equipment tested for crash safety, and infection-resistant interiors -- is procured separately and is governed by vehicle and medical device requirements at once.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys ambulance services in Colombia?
GlobalGov holds 36 ambulance services records from 22 distinct buying organisations in Colombia. The most frequent publishers are Subred Integrada de Servicios de Salud Norte E.S.E. (Oficial) (6 records); Subred Integrada de Servicio de Salud Centro Oriente E.S.E 1 (4 records); Subred Integrada DE Servicios DE Salud Norte E.s.e. (oficial) (3 records); Centro de Salud Funes ESE (2 records); ESE Hospital Departamental SAN Rafael (2 records); Empresa Social DEL Estado Hospital Local de SAN Martin de LOS Llanos (2 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 53% of everything published, so buying here is concentrated in a few authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Subred Integrada de Servicios de Salud Norte E.S.E. (Oficial) | 6 | 17% |
| Subred Integrada de Servicio de Salud Centro Oriente E.S.E 1 | 4 | 11% |
| Subred Integrada DE Servicios DE Salud Norte E.s.e. (oficial) | 3 | 8.3% |
| Centro de Salud Funes ESE | 2 | 5.6% |
| ESE Hospital Departamental SAN Rafael | 2 | 5.6% |
| Empresa Social DEL Estado Hospital Local de SAN Martin de LOS Llanos | 2 | 5.6% |
What are ambulance services contracts worth in Colombia?
36 of the 36 records publish a contract value. The median is $3,199 and the largest single published value is $4.0M. By size, 35 under $100k, 1 between $1M and $10M. The remaining 0 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 35 | 97% |
| between $100k and $1M | 0 | 0.0% |
| between $1M and $10M | 1 | 2.8% |
| above $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
How long do bidders get to respond to ambulance services tenders in Colombia?
Across the 32 Colombia ambulance services notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 125 days. A quarter of them allowed 58 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 345. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 4 (12%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are ambulance services tenders published in Colombia?
Colombia published 7 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 36, spread across 8 separate months of activity since 1 January 2024. January is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 8 April 2026, 176 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
Where do the Colombia ambulance services records on this page come from?
These 36 records are collected from 2 official sources: SECOP II (26), SECOP II (10). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Ambulance Services tenders in Colombia
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 36 records GlobalGov holds for it.
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