Buyer profile · NHS and health

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
8
About one every 46 days
Contracts awarded
122
To 114 different suppliers
Value awarded
£106m
130 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£40k
Median value awarded
Open now
1
34 contracts end in 90 days

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

  1. Birmingham Women's and Children's Catering Outsourcing

    West MidlandsCatering

    Open14 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £15mestimated

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. BWC Genetic Laboratory Managed Equipment Service PME

    West MidlandsHealthcare services

    UpcomingNewSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  2. BWC Karotyping and FISH Service PME

    West MidlandsIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  3. BWC Genetics LIMS Pre-Market Engagement

    West MidlandsIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  4. Value not stated
  5. BWC Genomics Interoperability and Data Sharing - Market Engagement

    UK-wideIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £1.5mestimated
  6. Enhanced Care Unit

    West MidlandsHealthcare services

    Upcoming

    £24mestimated
  7. BBCS Linen & Laundry Facility Joint Venture Opportunity

    UK-wideManagement consultancy, Facilities management

    Upcoming

    Value not stated
  8. Genetics Lab automation

    West MidlandsMedical equipment and supplies

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £2.85mestimated
  9. PH Reader PME

    West MidlandsMedical equipment and supplies

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £278kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 6 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

What its tenders ask for

Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.

  1. Social value questions1%
    In 1 of 157 notices

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)6%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)1%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)1%
  • Direct award (no competition)92%
Based on 154 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
31 days
Longer than 60% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 8 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
6%
Lower than 67% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 154 procurements
Won by small firms
36%
Lower than 69% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 143 winning suppliers
Split into lots
13%
Lower than 52% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 8 advertised tenders
Direct awards
92%
Higher than 83% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 154 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most NHS and health bodies
Based on 8 tenders

Compared with other NHS and health bodies

Time to bid, 82 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days2
10–15 days2
15–20 days1
20–25 days4
25–30 days35
30–35 days28
35–40 days7
40–45 days2
45–50 days1
50–55 days0
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Advertised openly, 279 NHS and health bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–10%115
10–20%56
20–30%34
30–40%13
40–50%17
50–60%14
60–70%10
70–80%6
80–90%6
90–100%8
Won by small firms, 274 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%5
10–20%20
20–30%35
30–40%49
40–50%51
50–60%39
60–70%24
70–80%26
80–90%18
90–100%7

Each column is a group of NHS and health bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - Edge Medical Ltd - Spinal ImplantsEdge Medical Ltd£15k13 Nov 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - Edge Medical Ltd - Spinal ImplantsEdge Medical Ltd£11k13 Nov 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - Edge Medical Ltd - Spinal ImplantsEdge Medical Ltd£14k13 Nov 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - Azenta UK Ltd - 8-Channel decapper, tube picker & 2D tube scannerAzenta UK Ltd£31k26 Nov 2026
Waiver - BWC_CQ3 - Renishaw Neuro Solutions Ltd - Neurosurgical planning Software and LaptopRenishaw Neuro Solutions Ltd£74k26 Nov 2026
Waiver - BWC_CQ3 - Renishaw Neuro Solutions Ltd - Maintenance ContractRenishaw Neuro Solutions Ltd£41k30 Nov 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - 06801 - One Black Bear Ltd - Strategic marketing consultancy and design servicesOne Black Bear Ltd£25k1 Dec 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - LaCAR MDx Technologies - ReagentsLaCAR MDx Technologies£71k1 Dec 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - Yourgene Health UK Ltd - ReagentsYourgene Health£35k7 Dec 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - Beckman Coulter UK Ltd - Reagents and Consumables.Beckman Coulter Limited£49k8 Dec 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - Roche Diagnostics Ltd - KAPA HYPEREXPLORE MAX 3MB T3Roche Diagnostics Ltd£20k9 Dec 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - GRS Limited - Decontainer - DC20EGRS Limited£70k17 Dec 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3- iGenomix - Genetics TestingiGenomix£60k18 Dec 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - Agilent Technologies LDA UK Limited - Service Contract for ReagentsAgilent Technologies Lda UK Limited£14k31 Dec 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - Promega UK Ltd - Standing order for Extraction consumablesPromega UK LTD£65k31 Dec 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - Biochrom - Medicine, D&T, Newborn Screening & Biochemical GeneticsBiochrom Ltd£29k31 Dec 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - System C Healthcare Ltd - Chemocare Annual Maintenance and Support at BCHSystem C Healthcare Ltd£20k31 Dec 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - StarLab UK Ltd - 12 months standing order to supply reagents used for the laboratories accredited services.StarLab UK Ltd£71k31 Dec 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - Aurevia- External Quality Assessment SchemesAurevia Ltd£19k31 Dec 2026
Waiver - BWC_RQ3- Bio-Rad Laboratories - Reagents and consumablesBio-Rad Laboratories Limited£28k31 Dec 2026

42 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

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