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

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

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a Central government based in Yorkshire and the Humber. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 51 published procedures, with 1 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- **Classification:** Central government
- **Delivery Region:** Yorkshire and the Humber
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PTWR-5281-TMPQ` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 1
- **Total Published Procedures:** 51
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £1.6m (median award: £41k) across 29 of 29 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sheffield-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rcu

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 1 bids (median of 1 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 100% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 43 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 25 (58%), Route not published: 8 (19%), Limited / restricted: 5 (12%), Open: 4 (9%), Selective: 1 (2%)

## 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 (12% of this period)
2. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 2 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)
3. **[Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/hotel-restaurant-and-retail-trade-services-55000000) (CPV 55):** 2 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)
4. **[Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/medical-devices-pharma-33000000) (CPV 33):** 1 notices, last 24 months (2% of this period)
5. **[Transport equipment and products](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/transport-equipment-vehicles-34000000) (CPV 34):** 1 notices, last 24 months (2% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Kids Invent Stuff Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/kids-invent-stuff-ltd-coh-10249537):** 2 procedures (3 awards)
2. **[Optima Medical Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/optima-medical-ltd-coh-03737869):** 2 procedures
3. **[Stryker UK Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/stryker-uk-ltd-coh-03669454):** 2 procedures
4. **[Airflow Cooling Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/airflow-cooling-ltd-coh-07842523):** 2 procedures
5. **[TBG Solutions Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/tbg-solutions-limited-coh-04262737):** 1 procedures (2 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[TBG Solutions Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/tbg-solutions-limited-coh-04262737):** £208k · [SCH - BEAMS Lease Of Bed Side Monitoring Systems](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sch-beams-lease-of-bed-side-monitoring-systems-ocds-h6vhtk-0674d0)
2. **[Vicon Motion Systems](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/vicon-motion-systems-coh-01801446):** £204k · [3D marker-based motion analysis system](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/3d-marker-based-motion-analysis-system-ocds-h6vhtk-05a7af)
3. **[Sheffield Citizens Advice and Law Centre Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/sheffield-citizens-advice-and-law-centre-limited-coh-08616847):** £161k · [Citizens Advice support for Haemoglobinopathy patients and general health inequalities support](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/citizens-advice-support-for-haemoglobinopathy-patients-and-general-health-inequalities-sup-ocds-h6vhtk-0661c9)
4. **[Holt Medical Recruitment Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/holt-medical-recruitment-limited-coh-06832618):** £105k · [SCH - Managed Bank for Medical Locums](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sch-managed-bank-for-locum-doctors-ocds-h6vhtk-05d56a)
5. **[Arthrex Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/arthrex-ltd-coh-03199094):** £87k · [SCH Maintenance for Arthrex Camera System 2025-2030](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sch-maintenance-for-arthrex-camera-system-2025-2030-ocds-h6vhtk-06787d)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 5
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 12
- **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 Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sheffield-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rcu#spend-analytics)

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