Name: Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust procurement activity
Creator: PublicSupply
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Quick answer — Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLast refreshed 26 Aug 2021

At a glance

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has awarded £17.8m across 40 suppliers, with 1 live contract.

Why: Top supplier share 64% · 1 open notice 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 concentration64%

Modifications · 90 d0

SME spend share0%

Pipeline · open now1

Awards · 90 d0

Supplier?Pipeline Top suppliers Categories boughtWatchdog?Modifications FOIA & transparency SME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKH31. Tracks 118 published notices and 116 awards on PublicSupply.

118

Notices published

116

Awards

40

Suppliers engaged

2018

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

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YoY change

£46k

Median award

Awards (£m)12m moving avg

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

›

Open (bidding)

1

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

Unspecified115 · £17.8m

services3 · £0

Instrument type

contract116 · £17.8m

call off2 · £0

Source:Contracts Finder: 115Find a Tender: 3

Awarded contracts · 1 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the contracting authority.

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Title	Supplier	CPV	Value	Awarded	Status
Pest Control Tender for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust	Absolute Pest Control Ltd		—	—	active
CA7829 - Provision of Cash Collection service via YPO framework 324F-20	Contract Security Services Limited	79710000	£100k	18 Mar 2021	active
CA8467 - Disposable Window Blinds - Southend	Hygenica	39515420	£20k	30 Mar 2021	active
CA8184 - Wi-Fi, Broadband and Telephony services	Optify Mediaforce	72411000	£24k	26 Aug 2021	active
CA7997 - Domestic Floor Care Equipment	—	39713410	£0	—	active
CA7834 - Refurbishment of Lift 24, Prittlewell Building, Southend University Hospital	—	50750000	£0	—	active
CA7728 - Pharmacy works - Southend	—	45262700	£0	—	active
CA7674 - Tower Block Ground Floor Toilets, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Millane Contract Services Ltd	45400000	£98k	29 Oct 2020	active
CA7666 - CCU Toilet Refurbishments, Southend Hospital	Millane Contract Services Ltd	71315000	£58k	20 Sept 2020	active
CA7609 - Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Mortuary Phase 2	—	45400000	£0	—	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

PS

Phoenix Software Ltd

3 contracts · 27 Mar – 26 Feb

£11.3m

64% of total

—

2

SL

Softcat Ltd (Head Office)

8 contracts · 27 Feb – 09 Mar

£1.6m

9% of total

—

3

MC

Millane Contract Services Ltd

4 contracts · 13 Mar – 29 Oct

£1.4m

8% of total

—

4

HE

Herronway

1 contract · 18 Feb

£904k

5% of total

—

5

NE

Neuropain.Ltd

1 contract · 11 Jul

£583k

3% of total

—

6

DC

Dell Computer Corporation (Berks)

1 contract · 15 Mar

£450k

3% of total

—

7

C2

Cloud 21 Limited

11 contracts · 06 Sept – 27 Jan

£193k

1% of total

—

8

PA

Pure AV

1 contract · 09 Mar

£184k

1% of total

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9–40

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32 other suppliers

long tail · 0 SMEs

£1.1m

6% of total

various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Software packages, IT

15 contracts

£12.0m

69%

IT services, software

17 contracts

£1.2m

7%

Construction materials

2 contracts

£1.1m

6%

Architecture, engineering

6 contracts

£1.0m

6%

Construction works

26 contracts

£787k

5%

Health & social work

2 contracts

£583k

3%

Radio, TV, communications

18 contracts

£365k

2%

Office equipment, IT

7 contracts

£211k

1%

Activity heatmap

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

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Oct

Nov

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Feb

Mar

Apr

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Jun

Software packages, IT

IT services, software

Construction materials

Architecture, engineering

Construction works

Health & social work

LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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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.

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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.

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 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.

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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

40

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.

Buyer	Type	12 m spend	Top-supplier %	SME %	Mods · 90 d
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	self	£24.8bn	14%	24%	12 (3)
Peer A	—	£8.2bn	11%	34%	3 (0)
Peer B	—	£3.2bn	18%	31%	4 (0)
Peer C	—	£1.84bn	9%	42%	0

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type: Contracting authority
Region: UKH31
Email: Donna.Newton@btuh.nhs.uk

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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