Buyer profile · NHS and health
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 16
- About one every 23 days
- Contracts awarded
- 61
- To 53 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £13.4m
- 48 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £37k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 6 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £160kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 9 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)20%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)14%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)34%
- Direct award (no competition)33%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 74% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 16 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 20%
- Higher than 62% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 80 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 38%
- Lower than 65% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 61 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 13%
- Lower than 52% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 16 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 33%
- Lower than 85% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 80 procurements
- Cancelled
- 6%
- Higher than 70% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 16 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: 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: 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 West Suffolk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ED Reception Desk, MECU, Bereavement Room & WC refurbishment works | SEH French Ltd | £573k | 13 Nov 2026 |
| Cyber Security Continuous Testing and Security Awareness Services | Rootshell Security Ltd | £24k | 19 Nov 2026 |
| Medical Vacuum Plant Replacement Works | M&M Medical Ltd | £30k | 29 Nov 2026 |
| Day Surgery Unit - Replacement Vacuum Plant | M&M Medical Ltd | £30k | 29 Nov 2026 |
| SSD Plantroom | DPL Group Limited | £45k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Planning Performance Agreement Services | West Suffolk Council | £90k | 31 Jan 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| WSFT - Surgery - Insourcing of vascular / Vein surgery | UK Vein Clinic Limited | £831k | 27 Oct 2026 |
| WSFT - Radiology - Tempo Pro System Maintenance | GE Medical Systems Ltd | £127k | 7 Oct 2026 |
| WSFT - Estates - Vehicle Hire | Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK Ltd | £50k | 6 Oct 2026 |
| WSFT - EBME - Ultrasound Quality Assurance | Multi-Medix | — | 1 Oct 2026 |
| WSFT - Pathology - Bloodtrack software support | Haemonetics Ltd | £21k | 30 Sept 2026 |
| WSFT - EBME - Eye Surgery - Quantel Vitra 810nm laser | Daybreak Medical Limited | — | 28 Sept 2026 |
| WSFT - Pathology - Bloodtrack software support | Haemonetics Ltd | £48k | 28 Sept 2026 |
| WSFT - Capital Purchase - EBME - Venue R6 | NHS Supply Chain Coordination Limited (NHSSC - SCCL) | £48k | 28 Sept 2026 |
| WSFT - Surgery - MyoSURE REACH | NHS Supply Chain Coordination Limited (NHSSC - SCCL) | £12k | 25 Sept 2026 |
| WSFT - Capital - EBME - Beds x3 | Linet UK | £48k | 24 Sept 2026 |