Quick answer — East Kent Hospitals UniversityLast refreshed 11 Jul 2022

At a glance

East Kent Hospitals University has awarded £51.4m across 31 suppliers, with 10 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 36% · 2 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 11% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration36%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share11%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

East Kent Hospitals University is a contracting authority, based in UKJ44. Tracks 134 published notices and 131 awards on PublicSupply.

134
Notices published
131
Awards
31
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
£750k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
East Kent Hospitals University — 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

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

2

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

Unspecified130 · £51.4m
goods1 · £300k
services3 · £0

Instrument type

contract120 · £33.9m
call off14 · £17.8m
Source:Contracts Finder: 130Find a Tender: 4

Awarded contracts · 10 live

All contracts with a published award notice where East Kent Hospitals University is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Recovery Of Parking Penalty Charge Notices (PCN's) TEKH140298351110£0active
East Kent Hospitals - Minor Works - Measured Term Contract45000000£0active
National Schedules of Rates Measured Term Contract Framework45210000£0active
National Schedules of Rates Measured Term Contract Framework45210000£0active
External Audit Services for East Kent Hospitals Charity79200000£0active
TEKH1372 Maternity Continuous Nitrous Oxide45262640£0active
TEKH1357 Authorising Engineer-(Ventilation).71315210£0active
TEKH1357 Authorising Engineer-(Electrical LV).71315210£0active
Provision of kitchen duct and ventilation system cleaning39221000£0active
Provision of a Digital Communication application to 2gether support solutions72416000£0active
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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
1 contract · SME · 13 Apr
£18.4m
36% of total
2
NH
1 contract · 24 Jun
£17.6m
34% of total
3
CI
£1.2m
2% of total
4
EC
2 contracts · 11 Jul30 Oct
£1.1m
2% of total
5
WM
2 contracts · 11 Jul30 Oct
£994k
2% of total
6
BL
2 contracts · 19 Oct30 Oct
£786k
2% of total
7
LC
1 contract · 30 Oct
£750k
1% of total
8
TE
£750k
1% of total
931
···
23 other suppliers
long tail · 3 SMEs
£9.7m
19% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Software packages, IT
11 contracts
£20.0m
39%
Business, legal, advisory
11 contracts
£18.0m
35%
Construction works
46 contracts
£12.7m
25%
Medical, pharmaceutical
10 contracts
£385k
1%
IT services, software
7 contracts
£168k
0%
Sewage, waste, environment
2 contracts
£120k
0%
Industrial machinery
8 contracts
£118k
0%
Support transport services
3 contracts
£117k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
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Jun
Software packages, IT
Business, legal, advisory
Construction works
Medical, pharmaceutical
IT services, software
Sewage, waste, environment
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.

East Kent Hospitals University 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.

11%
SME supplier share
target 33%
4
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
31
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 11% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKJ44
Contact
Senior Category Manager - Corporate
Email
hannah.greening@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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