Quick answer — West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLast refreshed 20 May 2026

At a glance

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded £272.7m across 204 suppliers, with 191 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 55% · 3 open notices now · 22 awards in last 90 d (£8.2m) · SME share 31% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration55%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share31%
Pipeline · open now3
Awards · 90 d22

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKH23. Tracks 364 published notices and 357 awards on PublicSupply.

364
Notices published
357
Awards
204
Suppliers engaged
2019
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£19.6m
12 m spend
£175.0m
Prior 12 m
-89%
YoY change
£90k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£42m£84m£126m£168mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

3

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

22

£8.2m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified353 · £253.1m
works2 · £110.2m
services9 · £19.7m

Instrument type

contract352 · £372.4m
call off12 · £10.6m
Source:Contracts Finder: 261Find a Tender: 103

Awarded contracts · 191 live

All contracts with a published award notice where West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
ENHT - Strategic Transformation Communication SupportBlue lozenge Limited79411000£48k21 Apr 2026active
WHTHT - SACH CDC Joint PM and CM consultancy serviceARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED71530000£39k20 May 2026active
WHTHT - AE (Fire)Thomson Fire Limitedactive
WHHT - SACH Endoscopy Project Management Services 2026ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED71530000£204k03 Mar 2026active
WHHT - SACH Endoscopy Cost Management Services 2026ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED71530000£133k03 Mar 2026active
WHTHT - SACH Endoscopy Project Technical Review of Site InfrastructureARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED71240000£56k10 Mar 2026active
WHHT - Q Pulse - Electronic Quality Management SystemIDEAGEN GAEL LIMITED72260000£69k22 Mar 2024active
WHHT - ITHealth Dashboard RenewalIthealth U.K. Ltdactive
WHHT - Dawn Anticoagulation Software4S Information Systems Limitedactive
PAHT - External Audit Services 25/26Bishop Fleming LLP79212300£620k14 Jan 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
CC
£150.0m
55% of total
▼ 100%
2
AI
2 contracts · 04 Nov26 Mar
£20.5m
8% of total
New
3
CS
2 contracts · SME · 15 Jun
£16.7mest.
6% of total
4
SP
2 contracts · 15 Jun
£12.0mest.
4% of total
5
EU
1 contract · 26 Feb
£9.0m
3% of total
▼ 100%
6
LC
6 contracts · SME · 18 Dec14 Jan
£6.0m
2% of total
▼ 76%
7
PL
4 contracts · 31 Mar26 Mar
£4.7m
2% of total
▲ 10142%
8
BF
£4.0m
1% of total
9204
···
196 other suppliers
long tail · 64 SMEs
£49.8m
18% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
28 contracts
£164.5m
44%
Construction works
54 contracts
£131.8m
36%
IT services, software
47 contracts
£25.9m
7%
Other
97 contracts
£20.6m
6%
Other community services
5 contracts
£11.1m
3%
Software packages, IT
25 contracts
£7.0m
2%
Construction materials
9 contracts
£5.1m
1%
Sewage, waste, environment
12 contracts
£4.6m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
1
0
0
1
1
0
Construction works
0
0
0
1
1
0
IT services, software
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Other
0
0
0
Other community services
Software packages, IT
0
1
0
0
1
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.

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS 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.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

31%
SME supplier share
target 33%
110
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
204
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 31% 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
UKH23
Contact
Kevin McKeown
Email
kevin.mckeown2@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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