Buyer profile · NHS and health

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
2
In the last 12 months
Contracts awarded
13
To 12 different suppliers
Value awarded
£3.13m
10 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£21k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
1 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust has no tenders open right now.

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 2 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. CQC registration7%
    In 1 of 14 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)14%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)7%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)21%
  • Direct award (no competition)57%
Based on 14 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Advertised openly
14%
Lower than 50% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 14 procurements
Won by small firms
43%
Lower than 55% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 14 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
2
Fewer than 76% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 5 awards
Direct awards
57%
Lower than 71% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 14 procurements

Compared with other NHS and health bodies

Bids per contract, 71 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–2 bids6
2–4 bids31
4–6 bids20
6–8 bids9
8–10 bids1
10–12 bids0
12–14 bids2
14–16 bids1
16–18 bids0
18–20 bids0
20+ bids1
Advertised openly, 276 NHS and health bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–10%107
10–20%52
20–30%33
30–40%16
40–50%15
50–60%12
60–70%16
70–80%8
80–90%8
90–100%9
Won by small firms, 266 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%11
10–20%12
20–30%30
30–40%40
40–50%50
50–60%38
60–70%29
70–80%28
80–90%21
90–100%7

Each column is a group of NHS and health bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS 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
Centralised Health Based Place of Safety (CHBPoS) – furniture to kit out new unitPineapple Contracts Unlimited£23k9 Oct 2026

4 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards