Buyer profile · NHS and health
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Tenders published
- 9
- About one every 41 days
- Contracts awarded
- 43
- To 100 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £6.56m
- 41 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £24k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 4 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £2.1mestimated
- £550kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £20mestimated
- 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)20%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)32%
- Direct award (no competition)48%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 34 days
- Longer than 83% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 9 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 20%
- Higher than 63% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 44 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 81%
- Higher than 92% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 104 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- More than 58% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 9 awards
- Split into lots
- 22%
- Higher than 67% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 9 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 48%
- Lower than 76% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 44 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most NHS and health bodies
- Based on 9 tenders
Compared with other NHS and health bodies
This buyer: 34 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: 4
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: 20%
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: 81%
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 Kent Community Health 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adios and Refine Annual Licences | Rx-Info Limited | £11k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Medical Device | Eureka Physiocare Ltd | £27k | 1 Jan 2027 |
| Acrobat Pro for enterprise | Academia Ltd | £14k | 5 Jan 2027 |
| Microsmart 035060 suction pump and 35115 turbosmart a - suction pump | Cattani Esam Uk Ltd | £30k | 22 Jan 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocate places | University of Sunderland | — | 6 Nov 2026 |
| Provision of a cloud-based quality and compliance management solution, Ideagen Healthcare Guardian CQC App, | Ideagen Software Limited | £12k | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Lot 1 Tonbridge Hospital Distribution Boards & Lot 2 Victoria Hospital, Deal, Distribution Boards | Delron Services Limited, Trail Group Limited | — | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Authorising Engineer for Ventilation at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust | GPT Consult | — | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Pest Control | Absolute Pest Control Ltd | — | 30 Sept 2026 |
| 582-24488-50 0.6/1.2P364DK-85(N) 4OOkHU High-speed tube - for MIS room | MIS Healthcare Limited | — | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Olive McGowan Training sessions | Runway Apprenticeships Limited | — | 22 Sept 2026 |
| For payment to GP services | Highparks Medical Practice | — | 21 Sept 2026 |
| Cycle Courier Service For Dental | G-Fert LTD | £20k | 4 Sept 2026 |
| Provision of Public Health Services | Bestway National Chemists Limited, Day Lewis PLC, Boots UK LTD and 58 more | — | 3 Sept 2026 |