Ambulance Services in the Beaufort Delta expire today and a new tender will not go into effect until April 1.

Advanced Medical Solutions owner Sean Ivens verified his companySA国际影视传媒檚 contract with the GNWT ends Feb. 14.

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Ivens noted he was not the only ambulance service to put in a bid for the contract.

Still up in the air is what happens to ambulance services if the contract expires.

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Beaufort Delta Health and Social Services Authority referred Inuvik Drum to the NWT Health Ministry.

Health Ministry spokesperson Jacky Miltenberger said the GNWT had a contingency in place to prevent a disruption of service.

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However, Ivens told Inuvik Drum there was no active extension deal in effect.

He noted negotiation with the GNWT to continue the service were still underway.

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