Spend profile

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

£4.0m
12 m spend
£1.6m
Prior 12 m
+149%
YoY change
£1.1m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
West Midlands Ambulance Service — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£1.1m£2.2m£3.3m£4.4mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

5

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£4.0m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified23 · £29.7m
services27 · £29.4m
goods14 · £25.2m

Instrument type

contract63 · £83.2m
call off1 · £1.1m
Source:Find a Tender: 42Contracts Finder: 22

Awarded contracts · 8 live

All contracts with a published award notice where West Midlands Ambulance Service is the contracting authority.

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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
VC
£18.0m
2
HF
2 contracts · SME · 25 Aug
£3.5mest.
3
CC
2 contracts · SME · 25 Aug
£3.5mest.
4
SR
1 contract · 17 Apr
£2.0m
5
DS
1 contract · 17 Apr
£2.0m
6
SP
1 contract · 16 Oct
£2.0m
7
ST
2 contracts · SME · 21 May
£1.1m
8
CC
1 contract · SME · 10 Apr
£1.1m
963
···
55 other suppliers
long tail · 39 SMEs
£3.4m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Repair & maintenance
5 contracts
£18.8m
21%
Other
19 contracts
£17.1m
20%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
1 contract
£14.0m
16%
Security, emergency equipment
6 contracts
£11.0m
13%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£9.0m
10%
Education, training
36 contracts
£7.9m
9%
Business, legal, advisory
6 contracts
£6.4m
7%
Sewage, waste, environment
2 contracts
£3.5m
4%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Repair & maintenance
Other
4
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Security, emergency equipment
Radio, TV, communications
Education, training
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 · 1 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 1 notice 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.

63%
SME supplier share
target 33%
45
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
63
Distinct suppliers

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
UKG36
Contact
Sharon Wilson
Email
mb-purchasingandcontractshelpdeskmailbox@wmas.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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