Quick answer — Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS TrustLast refreshed 20 May 2026

At a glance

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust has awarded £5.6m across 6 suppliers, with 10 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 72% · 3 open notices now · 5 awards in last 90 d (£3.6m) · SME share 89% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration72%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share89%
Pipeline · open now3
Awards · 90 d5

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKJ45. Tracks 19 published notices and 9 awards on PublicSupply.

19
Notices published
9
Awards
6
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£3.6m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£2.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£1m£2m£2mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

9

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

3

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

5

£3.6m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services9 · £158.6m
goods5 · £32.7m
Unspecified5 · £2.6m

Instrument type

contract19 · £193.9m
Source:Find a Tender: 17Contracts Finder: 2

Awarded contracts · 10 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
KMMH, KCHFT, DGT - Freedom To Speak Up ServicesThe Guardian Service Ltd£505k20 May 2026pending
KMMH, KCHFT, DGT - Freedom To Speak Up ServicesThe Guardian Service Ltd£505k20 May 2026pending
KMMH, KCHFT, DGT - Freedom To Speak Up ServicesThe Guardian Service Ltd£505k20 May 2026pending
Rio Gap AnalysisEthical Healthcare Ltd72221000£20k20 May 2026active
Provision of Pharmacy Services33600000£20.0mest.planning
KMMH, KCHFT, MCH - Linen and Laundry ServicesSalisbury Trading Limited£2.0mest.active
Priory Hospital Ticehurst - Acute Transition PathwayPriory Healthcare Ltd85111500active
KMMH, KCHFT, MCH - Linen and Laundry ServicesSalisbury Trading Limited£2.0m23 Mar 2026pending
Portable Low-Field MRI SystemXiel Ltd33113100active
Automated pharmacy temperature monitoring solutionEUROPEAN ELECTRONIQUE LIMITED33000000£36k15 Oct 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
ST
2 contracts · SME · 23 Mar
£4.0mest.
72% of total
New
2
TG
3 contracts · SME · 20 May
£1.5m
27% of total
New
3
EE
1 contract · SME · 15 Oct
£36k
1% of total
New
4
EH
1 contract · SME · 20 May
£20k
0% of total
New
5
PH
£0
0% of total
6
XL
1 contract · SME
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other community services
1 contract
£135.0m
71%
Medical, pharmaceutical
3 contracts
£20.0m
11%
Health & social work
2 contracts
£14.5m
8%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
1 contract
£6.0m
3%
Other
5 contracts
£5.6m
3%
Software packages, IT
1 contract
£4.1m
2%
Office equipment, IT
1 contract
£2.5m
1%
Repair & maintenance
1 contract
£1.9m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other community services
Medical, pharmaceutical
0
Health & social work
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Other
2
2
Software packages, 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 · 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.

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS 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.

89%
SME supplier share
target 33%
8
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
6
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
UKJ45
Contact
Jake Fisher
Email
kmmh.procurement@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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