Quick answer — University Hospitals of Leicester NHS TrustLast refreshed 13 May 2026

At a glance

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has awarded £115.3m across 146 suppliers, with 147 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 14% · 8 open notices now · 19 awards in last 90 d (£54.7m) · SME share 33% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration14%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share33%
Pipeline · open now8
Awards · 90 d19

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKF21. Tracks 262 published notices and 229 awards on PublicSupply.

262
Notices published
229
Awards
146
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£63.5m
12 m spend
£596k
Prior 12 m
+10550%
YoY change
£159k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£12m£24m£37m£49mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

20

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

8

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

19

£54.7m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services53 · £1.3bn
goods15 · £390.4m
Unspecified194 · £115.3m

Instrument type

contract248 · £1.8bn
call off14 · £2.1m
Source:Find a Tender: 133Contracts Finder: 129

Awarded contracts · 147 live

All contracts with a published award notice where University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Accustar Reagent RentalWerfen Limited33100000£461k13 May 2026active
Hernia Mesh incl. FixationMedtronic Limited33140000£213k13 May 2026active
Maintenance - Urology Laser Cyber Ho 100 LGH 26-A-2669Cook (UK) Limitedactive
Diabetic Hybrid Closed LoopAir Liquide Healthcare Ltd33615100£1.4m09 Apr 2026active
Diabetic Hybrid Closed LoopMYLIFE DIABETES CARE LTD33615100£3.3m09 Apr 2026active
Diabetic Hybrid Closed LoopAbbott Laboratories Limited33615100£679k09 Apr 2026active
Diabetic Hybrid Closed LoopDexcom International Limited33615100£10.1m09 Apr 2026active
Diabetic Hybrid Closed LoopINSULET INTERNATIONAL LIMITED33615100£16.2m09 Apr 2026active
Diabetic Hybrid Closed LoopMedtronic Limited33615100£10.2m09 Apr 2026active
Electric Vehicle Charge Points at NSECHMER FLEET SERVICES LIMITED£295k26 Mar 2026pending
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
II
1 contract · 09 Apr
£16.2m
14% of total
New
2
EU
1 contract · 03 Jan
£15.4m
13% of total
3
ML
5 contracts · 07 Dec13 May
£10.8m
9% of total
New
4
DI
1 contract · 09 Apr
£10.1m
9% of total
New
5
BL
1 contract · 25 Mar
£8.0m
7% of total
New
6
RD
1 contract · 23 Dec
£4.7m
4% of total
7
CU
6 contracts · SME · 01 Jul17 May
£4.3m
4% of total
8
CL
1 contract · 12 Jul
£3.6m
3% of total
9146
···
138 other suppliers
long tail · 49 SMEs
£41.8m
36% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Medical, pharmaceutical
82 contracts
£1.7bn
93%
Industrial machinery
1 contract
£60.0m
3%
Health & social work
34 contracts
£23.8m
1%
Other community services
5 contracts
£15.5m
1%
Other
96 contracts
£15.2m
1%
Transport services
2 contracts
£8.0m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
7 contracts
£4.3m
0%
Support transport services
1 contract
£3.5m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Medical, pharmaceutical
3
2
0
1
1
2
42
1
Industrial machinery
Health & social work
Other community services
Other
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Transport services
8
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 · 2 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 2 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

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.

33%
SME supplier share
target 33%
71
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
146
Distinct suppliers

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
UKF21
Contact
Richard Van-Ristell
Email
uhl-tr.uhlprocurementopportunities@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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