Buyer profile · NHS and health
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Tenders published
- 16
- About one every 23 days
- Contracts awarded
- 101
- To 238 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £3.87m
- 81 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £16k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 4 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £45mframework ceiling
- £30mestimated
- £17mframework ceiling
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £45mframework ceiling
- £10mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £49mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 7 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.
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)18%
- Direct award (no competition)82%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 33 days
- Longer than 78% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 14 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 18%
- Higher than 61% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 100 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 73%
- Higher than 86% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 263 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- About the same as most NHS and health bodies
- Based on 12 awards
- Split into lots
- 47%
- Higher than 86% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 15 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 82%
- Higher than 62% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 100 procurements
- Cancelled
- 13%
- Higher than 79% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 16 tenders
Compared with other NHS and health bodies
This buyer: 33 days
Show as a table
| 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: 3
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 9 |
| 2–4 bids | 35 |
| 4–6 bids | 19 |
| 6–8 bids | 9 |
| 8–10 bids | 1 |
| 10–12 bids | 0 |
| 12–14 bids | 2 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 0 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 1 |
This buyer: 18%
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: 73%
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 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.See the full scoreboard
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