Quick answer — NHS Business Services (North East)Last refreshed 29 Jan 2024

At a glance

NHS Business Services (North East) has awarded £1.3m across 8 suppliers, with 1 live contract.

Why: Top supplier share 67% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 25% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration67%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share25%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

NHS Business Services (North East) is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 10 published notices and 10 awards on PublicSupply.

10
Notices published
10
Awards
8
Suppliers engaged
2021
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
£49k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
NHS Business Services (North East) — 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

Unspecified10 · £1.3m

Instrument type

contract7 · £1.1m
call off3 · £189k
Source:Contracts Finder: 10

Awarded contracts · 1 live

All contracts with a published award notice where NHS Business Services (North East) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
BSA Data & Voice ServicesVIRGIN MEDIA BUSINESS LIMITED64212000£30k29 Jan 2024active
Egress LicencesEGRESS SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED48517000£56k27 Jul 2022active
McCloud for Remdies ProgrammeAcuity Business Solutions Ltd66520000£870k21 Oct 2022active
NHS CFA FTK Lab RenewalExterro UK Limited72260000£38k13 Oct 2022active
Vodafone - mobile voice and data servicesVODAFONE LTD64214000£133k14 Jan 2022active
NHS Counter Fraud Authority FTK Central72260000£0active
CFA data and mobile phone64213000£0active
Modernisation of CFA Analytic SoftwareSAS Software UK Limited48200000£100k21 Oct 2021active
Headphones and Accessoriesgo2 Telecom32342100£33k21 Mar 2022active
Mobile Device Forensic ExaminationIntaForensics Ltd79212400£42k30 Mar 2022active

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AB
1 contract · SME · 21 Oct
£870k
67% of total
2
VL
1 contract · 14 Jan
£133k
10% of total
3
SS
1 contract · 21 Oct
£100k
8% of total
4
ES
£56k
4% of total
5
IL
1 contract · SME · 30 Mar
£42k
3% of total
6
EU
1 contract · 13 Oct
£38k
3% of total
7
GT
1 contract · 21 Mar
£33k
3% of total
8
VM
1 contract · 29 Jan
£30k
2% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Financial, insurance
1 contract
£870k
67%
Postal, telecoms
3 contracts
£163k
13%
Software packages, IT
2 contracts
£155k
12%
Business, legal, advisory
1 contract
£42k
3%
IT services, software
2 contracts
£38k
3%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£33k
3%

Activity heatmap

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

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Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
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Jun
Financial, insurance
Postal, telecoms
Software packages, IT
Business, legal, advisory
IT services, software
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 Business Services (North East) 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.

25%
SME supplier share
target 33%
2
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
8
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 25% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
United Kingdom

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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