Quick answer — BIRMINGHAM CHILDRENS HOSPITALLast refreshed 22 Mar 2022

At a glance

BIRMINGHAM CHILDRENS HOSPITAL has awarded £203.3m across 353 suppliers, with 3 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 18% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 1% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration18%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share1%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

BIRMINGHAM CHILDRENS HOSPITAL is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 587 published notices and 587 awards on PublicSupply.

587
Notices published
587
Awards
353
Suppliers engaged
2015
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£65k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
BIRMINGHAM CHILDRENS HOSPITAL — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified587 · £203.3m

Instrument type

contract583 · £203.0m
call off4 · £307k
Source:Contracts Finder: 587

Awarded contracts · 3 live

All contracts with a published award notice where BIRMINGHAM CHILDRENS HOSPITAL is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Air Con Units BWCBirmingham Air Condition Services Ltd51000000£15k22 Mar 2022active
GE Medical Service ContractGE Medical Systems33000000£78k25 Sept 2020active
Patient First SystemIDEAGEN PLC48000000£47k31 Oct 2020active
NIPT Star Liquid-handling stationHAMILTON SALES & SERVICE UK LTD38000000£75k23 Mar 2020active
Hologic Panther AnalyserHOLOGIC LTD.33000000£131k23 Oct 2020active
sickle cell screening kits and Equip serviceBio-Rad33000000£87k19 Oct 2020active
Maintenance contract Newborn ScreeningINTEGRATED SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED48000000£32k16 Oct 2020active
Vmware LicencingTrustmarque48000000£26k01 Oct 2020active
Datix Risk Management Support and MaintenanceSpecialist Computer Centres Plc72000000£28k31 Aug 2020active
Liver Home Testing Blood KitsRoyal Devon & Exeter Nhs Foundation Trust85000000£56k27 Sept 2020active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
WH
£36.5m
18% of total
2
WP
6 contracts · 02 Jan31 Mar
£31.3m
15% of total
3
PG
5 contracts · SME · 05 May31 Mar
£22.9m
11% of total
4
NS
2 contracts · 22 Mar29 Mar
£8.3m
4% of total
5
UO
19 contracts · 29 Jul18 Jul
£7.4m
4% of total
6
NB
2 contracts · 24 Mar06 Mar
£4.8m
2% of total
7
UH
13 contracts · 17 Mar31 Jan
£4.2m
2% of total
8
SJ
1 contract · 18 Dec
£3.6m
2% of total
9353
···
345 other suppliers
long tail · 3 SMEs
£84.3m
41% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
375 contracts
£174.9m
89%
Medical, pharmaceutical
48 contracts
£6.8m
3%
Transport services
9 contracts
£5.0m
3%
Software packages, IT
29 contracts
£3.6m
2%
Repair & maintenance
21 contracts
£1.7m
1%
Education, training
11 contracts
£1.4m
1%
Real estate
16 contracts
£1.3m
1%
Other community services
5 contracts
£1.0m
1%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Health & social work
Medical, pharmaceutical
Transport services
Software packages, IT
Repair & maintenance
Education, training
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

BIRMINGHAM CHILDRENS HOSPITAL has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

1%
SME supplier share
target 33%
4
SME award rows
2
VCSE award rows
353
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 1% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
United Kingdom

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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