Quick answer — NHS South West - AcutesLast refreshed 26 Aug 2025

At a glance

NHS South West - Acutes has awarded £1.3bn across 282 suppliers, with 110 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 9% · 8 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 concentration9%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now8
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

NHS South West - Acutes is a contracting authority, based in UKK4. Tracks 879 published notices and 870 awards on PublicSupply.

879
Notices published
870
Awards
282
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£573k
12 m spend
£550k
Prior 12 m
+4%
YoY change
£137k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
NHS South West - Acutes — 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

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

8

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

Unspecified859 · £936.9m
goods15 · £91.5m
services4 · £9.8m
works1 · £260k

Instrument type

contract873 · £1.0bn
call off6 · £0
Source:Contracts Finder: 859Find a Tender: 20

Awarded contracts · 110 live

All contracts with a published award notice where NHS South West - Acutes is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Managed service for 3 X Renal units at North Devon, Taunton, Wellington and Bridgewater33181000active
SECURITY SERVICES CPFTKestrel Guards Ltd79710000£573k26 Aug 2025active
Crisis CafesMental Health Matters75200000£4.3mest.active
Theatre storage45300000£0active
Provision of Compassionate Leadership TrainingAdded Value Learning Ltd80000000£58k21 Mar 2025active
Freedom to Speak Up/Guardian ServicesThe Guardian Service72253100£434k25 Feb 2025active
Provision of Legal Services to Devon Partnership NHS TrustDAC Beachcroft79100000£58k21 Mar 2025active
Replacement of AHU at Northern Devon Hospital50710000£0active
Replacement lift in J template42416100£0active
Compassionate Leadership80000000£0active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
IG
2 contracts · 12 Jul
£121.3m
9% of total
2
BC
£108.3m
8% of total
3
BH
£80.0mest.
6% of total
4
QL
£80.0mest.
6% of total
5
SP
£80.0mest.
6% of total
6
QP
£80.0mest.
6% of total
7
LU
£80.0mest.
6% of total
8
DU
1 contract · 10 Oct
£12.0m
1% of total
9282
···
274 other suppliers
long tail · 1 SME
£164.0m
12% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
90 contracts
£693.7m
53%
Medical, pharmaceutical
99 contracts
£559.0m
43%
Construction works
149 contracts
£18.1m
1%
Business, legal, advisory
59 contracts
£11.6m
1%
Architecture, engineering
52 contracts
£9.3m
1%
Repair & maintenance
36 contracts
£8.3m
1%
Sewage, waste, environment
44 contracts
£6.5m
0%
Transport equipment, vehicles
31 contracts
£5.7m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Health & social work
Medical, pharmaceutical
Construction works
Business, legal, advisory
1
Architecture, engineering
Repair & maintenance
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 South West - Acutes 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%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
282
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKK4
Contact
Denise Potts Morton
Email
denise.pottsmorton@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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