Quick answer — Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLast refreshed 23 May 2026

At a glance

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has awarded £131.7m across 51 suppliers, with 59 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 81% · 4 open notices now · 3 awards in last 90 d (£107.4m) · SME share 8% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration81%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share8%
Pipeline · open now4
Awards · 90 d3

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKD72. Tracks 87 published notices and 71 awards on PublicSupply.

87
Notices published
71
Awards
51
Suppliers engaged
2021
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£107.4m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£662k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£15m£30m£44m£59mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

6

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

4

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

3

£107.4m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified68 · £131.7m
services19 · £10.0m

Instrument type

call off3 · £107.3m
contract84 · £34.4m
Source:Find a Tender: 67Contracts Finder: 20

Awarded contracts · 59 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Annual HTA Licence feeHuman Tissue Authorityactive
Merseyrail Electrics - TravelMerseyrail Electricsactive
NHS Providers Membership FeeNhS providersactive
Information Governance – Subject Matter Expertise - Clatterbridge Cancer CentrePcu consulting Ltdactive
Mail Services64121100£10.0mest.planned
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospital energy centre operation and maintenance71314310planned
Waiver - PuckatorPuckatoractive
Bako GroupBako - Groupactive
Catering - Greenworks CoffeeGreenworks Coffeeactive
Costa Coffee Spend LUFHTCosta Coffeeactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
NS
2 contracts · SME · 23 Mar23 May
£107.3m
81% of total
New
2
AU
1 contract · 22 Feb
£15.0m
11% of total
3
BS
1 contract · 18 Feb
£4.6m
3% of total
4
TS
1 contract · 04 Apr
£1.1m
1% of total
5
LP
£966k
1% of total
6
AR
1 contract · 07 Jun
£777k
1% of total
7
CD
1 contract · 06 May
£547k
0% of total
8
LT
1 contract · 12 Oct
£416k
0% of total
951
···
43 other suppliers
long tail · 3 SMEs
£990k
1% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Software packages, IT
4 contracts
£112.4m
79%
Financial, insurance
4 contracts
£15.0m
11%
Postal, telecoms
1 contract
£10.0m
7%
IT services, software
4 contracts
£1.5m
1%
Health & social work
3 contracts
£966k
1%
Architecture, engineering
4 contracts
£828k
1%
Transport equipment, vehicles
1 contract
£416k
0%
Other
53 contracts
£289k
0%

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
54
54
Financial, insurance
Postal, telecoms
IT services, software
Health & social work
Architecture, engineering
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.

Liverpool University Hospitals 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.

8%
SME supplier share
target 33%
5
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
51
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 8% 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
UKD72
Contact
Steph Abbott
Email
steph.abbott@liverpoolft.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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