Quick answer — West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustLast refreshed 08 May 2026

At a glance

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has awarded £143.7m across 292 suppliers, with 203 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 18% · 28 open notices now · 14 awards in last 90 d (£2.7m) · SME share 21% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration18%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share21%
Pipeline · open now28
Awards · 90 d14

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKH14. Tracks 558 published notices and 515 awards on PublicSupply.

558
Notices published
515
Awards
292
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£32.0m
12 m spend
£6.5m
Prior 12 m
+395%
YoY change
£74k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£4m£9m£13m£18mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

6

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

28

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

14

£2.7m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified504 · £143.1m
works9 · £2.2m
services38 · £1.3m
goods7 · £450k

Instrument type

contract548 · £145.6m
call off10 · £1.5m
Source:Contracts Finder: 490Find a Tender: 68

Awarded contracts · 203 live

All contracts with a published award notice where West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
WSFT - IT - ARIA Medical Oncology Support and MaintenanceVarian Medical Systems UK Limited48517000£103k25 Mar 2026active
WSFT - IT - Adobe LicensesBYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED48311000£50k01 Apr 2026active
WSFT - IT - Provision of Privileged Access Management (PAM) Solution and Associated ServicesITB LIMITEDactive
WSFT - Midwifery - New bury Room HireTHE NEW BURY ASSOCIATION98000000£30k07 Apr 2026active
WSFT - Pharmacy - Medical Gases in cylindersBOC LIMITED24111500£1.3m02 Apr 2026active
WSFT - Estates - SSD Instrument Tracking Systems (IT)Newgate Technology Limited48170000£29k16 Mar 2026active
WSFT-KS-MW-AP-PAT-10-25Atman [UK] Limited£52kest.active
Patient Appointment Reminder and Notification Software LicencesNETCALL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED48814000£29k09 Jan 2026active
Endpoint and Threat Protection Software Licence RenewalCDW LIMITEDactive
Digital Audit and Assurance Management Software LicencesAuditdata Limited79210000£36k25 Feb 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
OC
1 contract · 29 May
£25.7m
18% of total
2
MS
1 contract · 02 Dec
£15.0m
10% of total
New
3
BC
2 contracts · 13 Jul
£13.0m
9% of total
4
WL
1 contract · 05 Sept
£10.5m
7% of total
5
ME
3 contracts · 18 Jun17 May
£8.1m
6% of total
6
CA
2 contracts · 22 May11 Jun
£4.7m
3% of total
7
CU
£3.0m
2% of total
8
SH
£2.8m
2% of total
New
9292
···
284 other suppliers
long tail · 70 SMEs
£59.4m
41% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Software packages, IT
88 contracts
£39.5m
32%
Construction works
34 contracts
£32.6m
26%
Health & social work
86 contracts
£16.6m
13%
Laboratory, scientific
4 contracts
£10.6m
8%
Medical, pharmaceutical
87 contracts
£9.6m
8%
Architecture, engineering
19 contracts
£7.6m
6%
Business, legal, advisory
25 contracts
£4.3m
3%
Electrical machinery
10 contracts
£4.1m
3%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Software packages, IT
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
Construction works
15
0
0
Health & social work
0
0
Laboratory, scientific
Medical, pharmaceutical
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Architecture, engineering
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.

21%
SME supplier share
target 33%
92
SME award rows
1
VCSE award rows
292
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 21% 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
UKH14
Contact
Debbie Stevenson
Email
tenders@wsh.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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