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# Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/alder-hey-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rbs). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a Central government based in North West England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 36 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- **Classification:** Central government
- **Delivery Region:** North West England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PXDB-2967-MWLG` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 36
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £20m (median award: £42k) across 24 of 24 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/alder-hey-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rbs

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4.5 bids (median of 2 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 50% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 12% below the published estimate (median of 1 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 28 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 18 (64%), Open: 4 (14%), Limited / restricted: 3 (11%), Route not published: 2 (7%), Selective: 1 (4%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 5 notices, last 24 months (18% of this period)
2. **[Leather and textile fabrics](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/leather-and-textile-fabrics-plastic-and-rubber-materials-19000000) (CPV 19):** 1 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
3. **[Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/medical-devices-pharma-33000000) (CPV 33):** 1 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
4. **[Furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/furniture-incl-office-furniture-furnishings-domestic-applian-39000000) (CPV 39):** 1 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
5. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 1 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Horticon Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/horticon-ltd-coh-02463373):** 4 procedures
2. **[SCHEIDT & BACHMANN (UK) LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/scheidt-bachmann-uk-limited-coh-03805576):** 2 procedures
3. **[University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/university-hospitals-birmingham-nhs-foundation-trust-coh-10004003):** 1 procedures
4. **[Phoenix Software Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/phoenix-software-ltd-coh-02548628):** 1 procedures
5. **[The Owl Centre Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-owl-centre-limited-coh-07880303):** 1 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[The Clatterbridge Pharmacy Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-clatterbridge-pharmacy-limited-coh-08742645):** £17m · [Outpatient Pharmacy Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/outpatient-pharmacy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06ab38)
2. **[Abbott Laboratories Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/abbott-laboratories-limited-coh-00329102):** £583k · [Provision of Enteral Feeding Products](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-enteral-feed-products-ocds-h6vhtk-05e181) · Awarded: 12 Nov 2025
3. **[Nutricia Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/nutricia-ltd-coh-00275552):** £583k · [Provision of Enteral Feeding Products](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-enteral-feed-products-ocds-h6vhtk-05e181) · Awarded: 12 Nov 2025
4. **[The Owl Centre Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-owl-centre-limited-coh-07880303):** £475k · [Provision of Diagnostic Assessments for Children and Young People Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-diagnostic-assessments-for-children-and-young-people-attention-deficit-hypera-ocds-h6vhtk-04b6d7)
5. **[The University of Sheffield](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-university-of-sheffield-coh-rc000667):** £433k · [Provision of a Xenon Polariser](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-xenon-polariser-ocds-h6vhtk-05d896) · Awarded: 17 Mar 2026

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 0
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 2
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/alder-hey-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rbs#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/alder-hey-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rbs
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt