Quick answer — Blood Services South WestLast refreshed 08 Feb 2023

At a glance

Blood Services South West has awarded £70.9m across 72 suppliers.

Why: Top supplier share 18% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 20% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration18%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share20%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Blood Services South West is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 116 published notices and 116 awards on PublicSupply.

116
Notices published
116
Awards
72
Suppliers engaged
2017
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
£129k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Blood Services South West — 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

Unspecified116 · £70.9m

Instrument type

contract116 · £70.9m
Source:Contracts Finder: 116

Awarded contracts · 0 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Blood Services South West is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Risk Management platformCorestream Limited48000000£42k08 Feb 2023active
E-rostering and payroll solution support contractNEXTRASOFT LIMITED48000000£347k06 Feb 2023active
Supplier Knowledge Management SystemSoftcat Plc48517000£135k07 Oct 2022active
Architecture Tool TOGAFSeattle Software Limited t/a Orbus Software48000000£84k16 Sept 2022active
RADIUS/TACACSInsight Direct (GB) Ltd48000000£121k30 Aug 2022active
Microsoft Dynamics Licensing and associated ServicesTrustmarque Solutions Ltd48000000£1.3m29 Jul 2022active
Trend Micro Antivirus Licences, Maintenance and SupportMTI Technology48000000£33k28 Sept 2022active
Queuing Mechanism for Blood Donor Portal & Blood WebsiteSoftwareone UK Limited72413000£121k09 Jun 2022active
Data Platform Reporting Capability Strategic Delivery PartnerIncremental Group Limited72224000£1.5m19 Jul 2022active
SSL Certificates Managed ServiceSafenames Ltd72000000£40k26 Jul 2021active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
SL
2 contracts · SME · 27 Jan23 Mar
£12.8m
18% of total
2
TS
8 contracts · 21 Aug29 Jul
£8.8m
12% of total
3
TP
1 contract · SME · 11 May
£7.0m
10% of total
4
CU
1 contract · 05 Jun
£5.0m
7% of total
5
SP
12 contracts · 18 Apr07 Oct
£4.8m
7% of total
6
TS
£4.2m
6% of total
7
FU
2 contracts · 21 May25 Feb
£3.5m
5% of total
8
AL
1 contract · SME · 05 Nov
£2.3m
3% of total
972
···
64 other suppliers
long tail · 15 SMEs
£22.5m
32% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

IT services, software
63 contracts
£44.7m
63%
Software packages, IT
37 contracts
£12.6m
18%
Construction materials
1 contract
£7.0m
10%
Installation services
2 contracts
£2.5m
4%
Architecture, engineering
3 contracts
£1.5m
2%
Business, legal, advisory
1 contract
£1.4m
2%
Office equipment, IT
2 contracts
£550k
1%
Radio, TV, communications
4 contracts
£374k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
IT services, software
Software packages, IT
Construction materials
Installation services
Architecture, engineering
Business, legal, advisory
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.

Blood Services South West 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.

20%
SME supplier share
target 33%
23
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
72
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 20% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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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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