Buyer profile · NHS and health

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
23
About one every 16 days
Contracts awarded
129
To 109 different suppliers
Value awarded
£16.2m
114 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£26k
Median value awarded
Open now
3
10 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

  1. Early Supported Discharge-Out of Hospital Parental Antimicrobial Treatment (OPAT)

    West MidlandsSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    Closing soon6 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £1mestimated
  2. University Hospitals Birmingham Eyecare Voucher Provision

    West MidlandsHealthcare services

    Open7 days left

    £365kestimated
  3. UHB Workforce Management Systems

    West MidlandsIT services and software

    Open8 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. UHB Immunology Managed Service

    West MidlandsArchitecture and engineering

    Upcoming

    Value not stated
  2. UHB Vulnerability Management Solution

    West MidlandsIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    Value not stated
  3. UHB Patient Companion

    West MidlandsIT services and software

    Upcoming

    Value not stated
  4. PME - Mental Health Rehab Beds inc ABI, PD, LDA

    West MidlandsSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    Upcoming

    £152mestimated
  5. BSOL Laboratory Information Management System

    West MidlandsIT services and software

    Upcoming

    Value not stated
  6. UHB Microsoft Licencing Solution Provider

    West MidlandsIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    Value not stated
  7. UHB AI Assisted Clinical Coding Solutions

    West MidlandsIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    Value not stated
  8. UHB Enterprise Virtualisation Platform Replacement

    West MidlandsIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    Value not stated
  9. UHB AI Platform & Orchestration Engine

    West MidlandsIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    Value not stated
  10. UHB Immunology Managed Service

    West MidlandsMedical equipment and supplies

    Upcoming

    Value not stated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 11 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. Social value questions1%
    In 1 of 180 notices

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. 2 contracts
  2. 2 contracts
  3. 3 contracts
  4. 4 contracts
  5. 2 contracts
  6. 2 contracts
  7. 4 contracts
  8. 3 contracts

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)1%
  • Direct award (no competition)85%
Based on 181 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
28 days
Shorter than 57% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 23 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
14%
Higher than 50% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 181 procurements
Won by small firms
42%
Lower than 59% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 130 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
5.5
More than 80% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 8 awards
Split into lots
4%
Lower than 67% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 23 advertised tenders
Direct awards
85%
Higher than 63% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 181 procurements
Cancelled
4%
Higher than 63% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 23 tenders

Compared with other NHS and health bodies

Time to bid, 88 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days3
15–20 days2
20–25 days3
25–30 days40
30–35 days30
35–40 days8
40–45 days2
45–50 days0
50–55 days0
55–60 days0
60+ days0
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
Show as a table
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 University Hospitals Birmingham 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.

39 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

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