Quick answer — The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustLast refreshed 05 Jul 2023

At a glance

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust has awarded £3.3m across 43 suppliers, with 24 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 26% · 5 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 49% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 3 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration26%
Modifications · 90 d3
SME spend share49%
Pipeline · open now5
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKG36. Tracks 71 published notices and 47 awards on PublicSupply.

71
Notices published
47
Awards
43
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
£57k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust — 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

4

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

5

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

Unspecified37 · £3.3m
goods1 · £2.5m
services33 · £1.2m

Instrument type

contract69 · £7.1m
call off2 · £0
Source:Find a Tender: 39Contracts Finder: 32

Awarded contracts · 24 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
DGFT - MRI Breast Biopsy Servicecomplete
DGFT - MRI Breast Biopsy Servicecomplete
DGFT - Symptomatic MRI Breast Screening & High Risk Breast Screening ServiceSandwell & West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust£15kpending
SWBT & DGFT - Provision of Funeral, Storage & Transportation Services98370000£80kest.active
VMware Software Products48000000£2.5mest.planned
BBCS Linen & Laundry Facility Joint Venture Opportunity98311200£0est.planning
Hospital Workplace Utilisation Studies – Corbett and Guest SitesPlan B Solutions Ltd£164kpending
Provision of In-patient Stroke Rehabilitation servicesSandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS trustactive
DGFT-young peoples social prescribing  ServicesCranstounactive
DGFT-social worker NHS continuing healthcare assessmentsShakh Limitedactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AM
2 contracts · SME · 23 Jan24 Jan
£876k
26% of total
2
FU
1 contract · 24 Feb
£578k
17% of total
3
AG
3 contracts · 01 Dec12 Apr
£197k
6% of total
4
ID
1 contract · 14 Sept
£175k
5% of total
5
DL
1 contract · 20 May
£170k
5% of total
6
PS
1 contract · SME
£164k
5% of total
7
CP
£163k
5% of total
8
TR
£134k
4% of total
943
···
35 other suppliers
long tail · 21 SMEs
£882k
26% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Software packages, IT
5 contracts
£3.6m
52%
Medical, pharmaceutical
18 contracts
£1.3m
19%
Other
19 contracts
£639k
9%
IT services, software
2 contracts
£338k
5%
Health & social work
2 contracts
£300k
4%
Office equipment, IT
5 contracts
£298k
4%
Business, legal, advisory
4 contracts
£268k
4%
Architecture, engineering
1 contract
£134k
2%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Software packages, IT
Medical, pharmaceutical
Other
IT services, software
Health & social work
Office equipment, IT
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 · 3 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 3 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.

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.

49%
SME supplier share
target 33%
23
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
43
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
UKG36
Contact
Sarah Gammidge-Jefferson
Email
sarah.gammidgejefferson@nhs.net

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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