Buyer profile · NHS and health
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 10
- About one every 37 days
- Contracts awarded
- 248
- To 218 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £42.2m
- 248 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £52k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 18 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has no tenders open right now.
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £4mestimated
- £2.8mestimated
- £2mestimated
- £1.8mestimated
- £2mestimated
- £141kestimated
- £3,000estimated
- £142kestimated
- £51kestimated
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)5%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)0%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)5%
- Direct award (no competition)90%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 29 days
- Shorter than 52% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 10 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 5%
- Lower than 74% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 253 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 54%
- Higher than 66% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 265 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- More than 58% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 8 awards
- Split into lots
- 30%
- Higher than 75% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 10 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 90%
- Higher than 79% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 253 procurements
- Cancelled
- 10%
- Higher than 74% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 10 tenders
Compared with other NHS and health bodies
This buyer: 29 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: 5%
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: 54%
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 Somerset 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.