Buyer profile · NHS and health
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Tenders published
- 7
- About one every 52 days
- Contracts awarded
- 530
- To 332 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £25.8m
- 517 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £26k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 102 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £300kestimated
- Value not stated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £270kestimated
- £5mframework ceiling
- £2.02mestimated
- £1.5mestimated
- £2.02mestimated
- £109mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 4 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
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)14%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)2%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)2%
- Direct award (no competition)82%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 32 days
- Longer than 69% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 7 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 14%
- Higher than 51% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 56 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 32%
- Lower than 76% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 530 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 69% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 7 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 82%
- Higher than 63% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 56 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most NHS and health bodies
- Based on 7 tenders
Compared with other NHS and health bodies
This buyer: 32 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 2 |
| 10–15 days | 2 |
| 15–20 days | 1 |
| 20–25 days | 4 |
| 25–30 days | 35 |
| 30–35 days | 28 |
| 35–40 days | 7 |
| 40–45 days | 2 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 14%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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 |
This buyer: 32%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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 Cambridge University Hospitals 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.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joint replacement | Enovis Surgical GB Ltd | £21k | 13 Nov 2026 |
| Hire of Air conditioning units | Andrews Sykes Group plc | £17k | 13 Nov 2026 |
| Single Channel Pipette | Sartorius UK Ltd | £19k | 16 Nov 2026 |
| Support & Licensing Package | My Dementia Improvement Network Ltd | £26k | 17 Nov 2026 |
| Subscription | Cambridge Ahead | £10k | 17 Nov 2026 |
| Town Planning | Bidwells | £63k | 17 Nov 2026 |
| MPLC licence | Motion Picture Licensing Company | £16k | 19 Nov 2026 |
| New equipment (2 x Titan) | Diatec Diagnostics Ltd | £23k | 19 Nov 2026 |
| Endoscopes and electromedical equipment | Ergea UK and Ireland Limited | £39k | 19 Nov 2026 |
| GP13A.UK. Grid Pad 13A, | Smartbox Assistive Technology | £17k | 23 Nov 2026 |
| 1664 - Device required to support opening of new transitional care area | Ge Healthcare Limited | £11k | 23 Nov 2026 |
| Health and Safety Training | Astutis Limited | £10k | 23 Nov 2026 |
| Hire of portable air conditioning units | Andrews Sykes Group plc | £17k | 24 Nov 2026 |
| bulk liquid nitrogen | Boc Limited | £27k | 26 Nov 2026 |
| ward furniture | Ocura Healthcare Ltd | £15k | 27 Nov 2026 |
| DNAnexus Titan Subscription | DNAnexus, Inc. | $200k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| chiller hire | Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Limited | £18k | 1 Dec 2026 |
| chilled water cassettes. | Greenworks Controlled Environments Limited | £38k | 1 Dec 2026 |
| Air conditioning unit | Andrews Sykes Group plc | £18k | 1 Dec 2026 |
| Engagement support | Lexington Communications Limited | £40k | 2 Dec 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renewal of Licences | Atos | — | 9 Nov 2026 |
| Service contract for SN 508644 | Beckman Coulter Limited | — | 5 Nov 2026 |
| Microscope | D.P. Medical Systems Limited | — | 4 Nov 2026 |
| SMCL Illumina Miseq i100 system | University of Cambridge | — | 4 Nov 2026 |
| High voltage SAP attendances for switching operations | RJ Power Networks Ltd | — | 4 Nov 2026 |
| Project management support | Northmore Associates Limited | — | 30 Oct 2026 |
| Service contract for robot located inside Pharmacy | Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited | — | 30 Oct 2026 |
| Ultrasound machine | NHS England | — | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Helium refill | Ge Healthcare Limited | — | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Gold Service Contract- | Laborie Medical Technologies UK | — | 27 Oct 2026 |