Quick answer — Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLast refreshed 21 May 2026

At a glance

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has awarded £4.5m across 56 suppliers, with 74 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 21% · 10 open notices now · 5 awards in last 90 d (£2.3m) · SME share 59% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration21%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share59%
Pipeline · open now10
Awards · 90 d5

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKG31. Tracks 127 published notices and 110 awards on PublicSupply.

127
Notices published
110
Awards
56
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£2.9m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£151k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£1m£2m£2mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

10

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

10

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

5

£2.3m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services21 · £18.6m
Unspecified100 · £3.1m
works1 · £130k
goods5 · £0

Instrument type

contract116 · £20.9m
call off11 · £967k
Source:Find a Tender: 72Contracts Finder: 55

Awarded contracts · 74 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
BSOL Translation and InterpretationWord360£967k21 May 2026active
BSOL Translation and Interpretation£414k21 May 2026active
BSOL Translation and Interpretation£370k21 May 2026active
BSOL Translation and Interpretation£407k21 May 2026active
BSOL Translation and Interpretation£109k21 May 2026active
Waiver - BCHC - TJD Associates - Electrical design workTJD Associatesactive
Waiver - BCHC - Thrive.App Ltd - Staff App LicenceThrive.App Ltdactive
Waiver - BCHC - Birmingham City Council - Medical EquipmentBirmingham City Councilactive
Waiver - BCHC - Birmingham City Council - Commercial Refurbishment worksBirmingham City Councilactive
Waiver - BCHC - Midland Masonry Ltd - Masonry stone repairs specialist contractorsMidland Masonry Ltdactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
WO
1 contract · 21 May
£967k
21% of total
New
2
AU
1 contract · 19 Jan
£900k
20% of total
3
AC
1 contract · SME · 26 Jan
£570k
13% of total
New
4
AH
1 contract · SME
£181kest.
4% of total
5
VE
1 contract · SME · 28 Mar
£101k
2% of total
6
CA
1 contract · 29 Mar
£96k
2% of total
7
CL
1 contract · SME · 29 Mar
£95k
2% of total
8
DU
1 contract · 28 Feb
£81k
2% of total
956
···
48 other suppliers
long tail · 30 SMEs
£258k
6% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other community services
3 contracts
£15.3m
71%
Other
59 contracts
£3.6m
17%
Health & social work
11 contracts
£926k
4%
Repair & maintenance
2 contracts
£900k
4%
Postal, telecoms
1 contract
£340k
2%
Medical, pharmaceutical
10 contracts
£242k
1%
IT services, software
8 contracts
£150k
1%
Construction works
3 contracts
£130k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other community services
Other
1
0
2
Health & social work
Repair & maintenance
Postal, telecoms
Medical, pharmaceutical
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 · 1 in 90 d

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

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 1 notice tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

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.

59%
SME supplier share
target 33%
36
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
56
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKG31
Contact
Bernadette Melody
Email
bernadette.melody@uhb.nhs.uk

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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