Buyer profile · NHS and health
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 22
- About one every 17 days
- Contracts awarded
- 41
- To 54 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £1.69m
- 26 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £24k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 4
- 7 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £420kestimated
- £100kestimated
- £11.7mestimated
- £60kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £1estimated
- £15mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 12 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)42%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)31%
- Direct award (no competition)27%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 65% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 21 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 42%
- Higher than 79% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 52 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 67%
- Higher than 77% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 63 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5
- More than 76% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 17 awards
- Split into lots
- 14%
- Higher than 50% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 22 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 27%
- Lower than 87% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 52 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most NHS and health bodies
- Based on 22 tenders
Compared with other NHS and health bodies
This buyer: 28 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: 5
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: 42%
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: 67%
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 South Western Ambulance Service 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USB Devicelock | Phoenix Software Limited | £12k | 2 Dec 2026 |
| Frequent Callers Management System | Iridium Consulting Ltd | £19k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| E-ReDact software for IG | Phaselaw | £20k | 6 Jan 2027 |
| SWAST-5070-DDaT Identity Service Engine | Cae Technology Services Limited | £14k | 15 Jan 2027 |
| Conference System | APi Communications Ltd | £24k | 4 Feb 2027 |
| SWAST-5062-DDaT Assurance Dashboard | Phoenix Software Limited | £34k | 5 Feb 2027 |
| Digital Worker Licences and Support | Softcat plc | £24k | 9 Feb 2027 |