Quick answer — Northampton General HospitalLast refreshed 24 Jul 2023

At a glance

Northampton General Hospital has awarded £32.1m across 26 suppliers, with 10 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 49% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 22% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration49%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share22%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Northampton General Hospital is a contracting authority, based in UKF2. Tracks 28 published notices and 29 awards on PublicSupply.

28
Notices published
29
Awards
26
Suppliers engaged
2013
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
£95k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Northampton General Hospital — 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

Unspecified26 · £32.1m
services2 · £0

Instrument type

contract28 · £32.1m
Source:Contracts Finder: 26Find a Tender: 2

Awarded contracts · 10 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Northampton General Hospital is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Collaborative Staff Bank SystemLocum's Nest Ltdactive
GB-Northampton: INTELLISPACE PORTAL RIGHTFIT PROTECTION SOFTWAREPHILIPS ELECTRONICS UK LIMITED48000000£59k31 Mar 2023active
GB-Northampton: MAINTENANCE OF INFANT FLOW SIPAPINSPIRATION HEALTHCARE LIMITED33157400£29k24 Jul 2023active
GB-NORTHAMPTON: PROVISION OF A WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMBighand Limited48000000£268k29 Jun 2023active
GB-Northampton: Maintenance of Sumetzberger Pneumatic Tube SystemAIR TUBE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED50000000£30k12 Apr 2023active
GB-Northampton: Voice Recognition Software ReceptionNETCALL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED48000000£40k04 Apr 2023active
Supply of Automation, Advisory, Design and Build - for Surgical Hub Command CentreCognizant (GB) Limited72222300active
Supply of Automation, Advisory, Design and Build - for Surgical Hub Command Centre72222300active
Supply of Automation, Advisory, Design and Build - for Surgical Hub Command Centre72222300£441k02 Feb 2023active
GB-Northampton: Solus Endoscopy and Bronchoscopy Software reporting toolHD Clinical Limited48180000£35k28 Feb 2023active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
VE
1 contract · 30 Nov
£15.7m
49% of total
2
BL
1 contract · 31 Mar
£5.1m
16% of total
3
AG
1 contract · 30 Sept
£4.5m
14% of total
4
BL
1 contract · 29 Jul
£1.6m
5% of total
5
JA
£1.6m
5% of total
6
AM
2 contracts · 30 Oct01 Feb
£1.3m
4% of total
7
CS
1 contract · 31 May
£493k
2% of total
8
UH
£307k
1% of total
926
···
18 other suppliers
long tail · 6 SMEs
£1.1m
3% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Architecture, engineering
1 contract
£15.7m
49%
Health & social work
4 contracts
£7.2m
22%
Medical, pharmaceutical
4 contracts
£7.0m
22%
Software packages, IT
9 contracts
£1.2m
4%
IT services, software
6 contracts
£669k
2%
Business, legal, advisory
1 contract
£307k
1%
Repair & maintenance
3 contracts
£86k
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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Architecture, engineering
Health & social work
Medical, pharmaceutical
Software packages, IT
IT services, software
Business, legal, advisory
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.

Northampton General Hospital 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.

22%
SME supplier share
target 33%
6
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
26
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 22% 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
UKF2
Contact
Mandy Sterling
Email
m.sterling@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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