At a glance
COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST has awarded £88.7bn across 549 suppliers, with 796 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 34% · 82 open notices now · 18 awards in last 90 d (£296.1m) · SME share 68% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 12 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST is a contracting authority, based in UKD63. Tracks 591 published notices and 829 awards on PublicSupply.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
23
Open (bidding)
82
Awarded (90d)
18
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 796 live
All contracts with a published award notice where COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Installation & Interface Connection of Static Systems Panels of Gent AFD System | HESIS LIMITED | — | — | active | |
| National Framework Agreement for the provision of Mental Health and Wellbeing Services | NEXTGEN HEALTHCARE SERVICES LTD | £135.0mest. | — | active | |
| National Framework Agreement for the provision of Mental Health and Wellbeing Services | MoodEaser Ltd | £135.0mest. | — | active | |
| Non‑Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) under the NHS SBS Framework Agreement SBS 105013 | ERS Medical | — | — | active | |
| Modular Office Accommodation | Premier Modular Limited | 44211100 | £1.1m | 12 Dec 2025 | active |
| Provision of legal services | HILL DICKINSON LLP | — | — | active | |
| Electricity | EDF ENERGY CUSTOMERS LIMITED | — | — | active | |
| Maintenance of Air Conditioning | MARCOLD LIMITED | — | — | active | |
| Falls Prevention and Detection Products, Systems and Support Services | — | 33140000 | — | — | planning |
| Provision of a deep geothermal solution | — | 24951110 | — | — | planning |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
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 · 12 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging
We see 12 notices 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.
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.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKD63
- Contact
- Ian Bailiff
- coch.cps@nhs.net
Board & accountable officers
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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