Spend profile

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

£11.9m
12 m spend
£7.0m
Prior 12 m
+70%
YoY change
£62k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£1.6m£3.1m£4.7m£6.2mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

3

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

services11 · £537.1m
Unspecified360 · £190.8m
goods4 · £0

Instrument type

contract367 · £707.4m
call off8 · £20.5m
Source:Contracts Finder: 360Find a Tender: 15

Awarded contracts · 104 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the contracting authority.

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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
TD
2 contracts · 12 Jul20 Jul
£46.8m
2
OK
8 contracts · 19 Jul15 Jan
£36.9m
3
RS
1 contract · SME · 22 Feb
£18.4m
4
ML
11 contracts · SME · 19 Jul14 Nov
£15.5m
5
FL
8 contracts · SME · 22 Nov06 Feb
£10.1m
6
WD
£6.5m
7
PM
1 contract · 13 Mar
£3.4m
8
RU
1 contract · 10 Oct
£2.9m
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···
213 other suppliers
long tail · 121 SMEs
£45.8m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Software packages, IT
45 contracts
£311.0m
43%
Other
6 contracts
£236.0m
33%
Medical, pharmaceutical
111 contracts
£62.5m
9%
Construction works
20 contracts
£56.2m
8%
Repair & maintenance
67 contracts
£37.6m
5%
IT services, software
28 contracts
£6.2m
1%
Construction materials
2 contracts
£5.3m
1%
Business, legal, advisory
12 contracts
£3.5m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Software packages, IT
0
5
0
Other
Medical, pharmaceutical
0
0
3
0
Construction works
0
Repair & maintenance
0
0
IT services, software
0
0
1
0
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.

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 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.

56%
SME supplier share
target 33%
200
SME award rows
60
VCSE award rows
221
Distinct suppliers

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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
UKK25
Contact
Jackie Garland
Email
milena.eccles@somersetft.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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