Quick answer — NHS England and NHS Improvement North WestLast refreshed 08 Mar 2022

At a glance

NHS England and NHS Improvement North West has awarded £143.8m across 16 suppliers, with 31 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 30% · 10 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 concentration30%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now10
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

NHS England and NHS Improvement North West is a contracting authority, based in UKD. Tracks 66 published notices and 39 awards on PublicSupply.

66
Notices published
39
Awards
16
Suppliers engaged
2019
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
£5.6m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
NHS England and NHS Improvement North West — 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

6

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

10

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

services45 · £324.4m
Unspecified21 · £82.9m

Instrument type

contract66 · £407.3m
Source:Find a Tender: 45Contracts Finder: 21

Awarded contracts · 31 live

All contracts with a published award notice where NHS England and NHS Improvement North West is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
NHSE809 - Dental Services within Her Majesty's PrisonsTime for Teeth Limited85000000£5.6mest.active
NHSE809 - Dental Services within Her Majesty's PrisonsTime for Teeth Limited85000000£5.6mest.active
NHSE809 - Dental Services within Her Majesty's PrisonsTime for Teeth Limited85000000£5.6mest.active
Detained Settings - Mobile Diagnostic and Imaging Services for the North East & Yorkshire and North West85100000planned
NHSE823 Child Health Information Services85100000active
NHSE883 Health and Social Care Services at Risley and Thorn Crossclosed
NHSE883 Health and Social Care Services at Risley and Thorn Cross85000000£31.9mest.active
NHSE883 Health and Social Care Services at Risley and Thorn Cross85000000£31.9mest.active
Waterloo House Surgery (Millom) - Alternative Provider Medical Services85000000planned
NHSE807 - Mental Health Services within Her Majesty's Prisons85000000£76.0mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
LC
£43.8mest.
30% of total
2
MC
£22.4m
16% of total
3
TF
£16.7mest.
12% of total
4
GM
£11.1mest.
8% of total
5
GM
£11.1mest.
8% of total
6
VC
1 contract · 20 May
£9.1m
6% of total
7
CR
2 contracts · 06 Jul
£7.2m
5% of total
8
NS
1 contract · 01 Oct
£6.4m
4% of total
916
···
8 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£16.0m
11% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
48 contracts
£407.7m
95%
Software packages, IT
3 contracts
£12.8m
3%
IT services, software
1 contract
£9.1m
2%
Other
7 contracts
£31k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
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Jun
Health & social work
Software packages, IT
IT services, software
Other
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 England and NHS Improvement North West 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
16
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% 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
UKD
Contact
Procurement General
Email
necsu.neprocurement@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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