Quick answer — NHS Arden & GEM CSULast refreshed 27 Sept 2021

At a glance

NHS Arden & GEM CSU has awarded £1.9m across 14 suppliers, with 4 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 38% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 0% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration38%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

NHS Arden & GEM CSU is a contracting authority, based in UKF. Tracks 20 published notices and 20 awards on PublicSupply.

20
Notices published
20
Awards
14
Suppliers engaged
2020
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
£56k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
NHS Arden & GEM CSU — 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

0

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

Unspecified19 · £1.9m
services1 · £0

Instrument type

contract20 · £1.9m
Source:Contracts Finder: 19Find a Tender: 1

Awarded contracts · 4 live

All contracts with a published award notice where NHS Arden & GEM CSU is the contracting authority.

downloadExport CSV
TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
IT Hardware Call-off Requirements for AGEM CSUBECHTLE DIRECT LIMITED72222300£15k20 Aug 2021active
IT Hardware Call-off Requirements for AGEM CSUEUROPEAN ELECTRONIQUE LIMITED72222300£15k20 Aug 2021active
Provision of Management Information and Integrated ReportingPPL Limited85100000£30k24 Sept 2021active
Provision of Quest Content Matrix ToolBYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED85100000£31k27 Sept 2021active
Child Health System for NHS Arden & GEM CSUTHE PHOENIX PARTNERSHIP (LEEDS) LTD85100000£358k13 Aug 2021active
Service Desk SupportSEYMOUR JOHN LIMITED72222300£120k28 Jul 2021active
Expressions of Interest for Provision of Parenteral Methotrexate Services85100000£0active
Community Autism Service Market Engagement Event (NHS Derby & Derbyshire CCG)85100000£0active
Continuing Healthcare Assessment, Review, Case Management and Brokerage Service for Derby and Derbyshire CCG85000000£0active
Palo Alto (Jan 2021)Insight Direct (Uk) Limited30200000£50k19 Jan 2021active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
EE
4 contracts · 09 Oct20 Aug
£718k
38% of total
2
TP
£358k
19% of total
3
CL
1 contract · 12 Nov
£153k
8% of total
4
BS
£141k
8% of total
5
ID
1 contract · 15 Dec
£121k
6% of total
6
SJ
1 contract · 28 Jul
£120k
6% of total
7
SP
1 contract · 04 Nov
£63k
3% of total
8
ID
1 contract · 19 Jan
£50k
3% of total
914
···
6 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£147k
8% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Office equipment, IT
7 contracts
£1.2m
62%
Health & social work
7 contracts
£419k
22%
IT services, software
3 contracts
£150k
8%
Software packages, IT
2 contracts
£93k
5%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£41k
2%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Office equipment, IT
Health & social work
IT services, software
Software packages, IT
Radio, TV, communications
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.

NHS Arden & GEM CSU 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.

0%
SME supplier share
target 33%
0
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
14
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% 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
UKF
Contact
Mark Didcock
Email
mark.didcock@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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