Buyer profile · NHS and health
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 9
- About one every 41 days
- Contracts awarded
- 20
- To 19 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £2.32m
- 10 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £103k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 1 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £1mestimated
- £750kestimated
- £370kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £25mframework ceiling
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.
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)29%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)3%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)12%
- Direct award (no competition)56%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 30 days
- Longer than 56% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 9 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 29%
- Higher than 73% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 34 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 38%
- Lower than 63% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 21 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 2.5
- Fewer than 71% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 10 awards
- Split into lots
- 11%
- Lower than 57% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 9 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 56%
- Lower than 71% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 34 procurements
- Cancelled
- 11%
- Higher than 75% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 9 tenders
Compared with other NHS and health bodies
This buyer: 30 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: 2.5
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: 29%
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: 38%
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 University Hospitals Dorset 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.
No contracts we hold from University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust end in the next 90 days.
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathology Managed Service Contract for Microbiology | Biomerieux UK Limited | £1.29m | 10 Nov 2026 |
| EHR Programme Director | The Black Fallow Company | £431k | 5 Nov 2026 |
| Legal Services | Multiple suppliers. | £1.74m | 3 Nov 2026 |
| Blood Track Service | Haemonetics Ltd | £49k | 3 Nov 2026 |
| Pathology Courier Services | CitySprint (UK) Ltd | £96k | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Cision Invision | AnatoPath Limited | £49k | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Brachytherapy (Low Dose) | Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited | £254k | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Peer Support in relation to Opt-out Borne Virus (BBV) testing Emergency Depart | The Terrence Higgins Trust | £86k | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Social Prescribing Youth Worker | No Limits (South) | £88k | 17 Aug 2026 |
| University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) Inter-Site Bus Shuttle | Go South Coast Ltd | £3.65m | 11 Aug 2026 |