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# South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-tyneside-and-sunderland-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-r0b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust is a Central government based in North East England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 30 published procedures, with 1 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
- **Classification:** Central government
- **Delivery Region:** North East England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PRTW-2132-HYWJ` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 1
- **Total Published Procedures:** 30
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £7.0m (median award: £42k) across 23 of 23 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (SOUTH TYNESIDE AND SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-tyneside-and-sunderland-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-r0b

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 5 bids (median of 2 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 30 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 18 (60%), Limited / restricted: 5 (17%), Open: 5 (17%), Route not published: 2 (7%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 9 notices, last 24 months (30% of this period)
2. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 1 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)
3. **[Financial and insurance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/financial-and-insurance-services-66000000) (CPV 66):** 1 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)
4. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 1 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Tyneside Surgical Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/tyneside-surgical-services-limited-coh-06222637):** 4 procedures
2. **[WORKSPACE DESIGN GLOBAL LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/workspace-design-global-limited-coh-sc687820):** 3 procedures
3. **[Attend Anywhere PTY Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/attend-anywhere-pty-ltd-GB-PPON-PGTT-3571-VLRM):** 2 procedures
4. **[Partnering Health Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/partnering-health-limited-coh-06563486):** 1 procedures (4 awards)
5. **[SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/schneider-electric-limited-coh-01407228):** 1 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Partnering Health Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/partnering-health-limited-coh-06563486):** £3.9m · [Provision of GP Out of Hours and Urgent Treatment Centres on behalf of South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS FT](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-gp-out-of-hours-and-urgent-treatment-centres-on-behalf-of-south-tyneside-and--ocds-h6vhtk-066c96)
2. **[CISCO SYSTEMS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cisco-systems-limited-coh-02558939):** £1.2m · [Enterprise Software Licence Finance Agreement](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/enterprise-software-licence-finance-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-06589e)
3. **[Pathways Alliance Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/pathways-alliance-limited-coh-11156118):** £405k · [Health Pathways South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/health-pathways-south-tyneside-and-sunderland-nhs-foundation-trust-ocds-h6vhtk-04be2a)
4. **[Tyneside Surgical Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/tyneside-surgical-services-limited-coh-06222637):** £400k · [Consultant Led Urology Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consultant-led-urology-service-ocds-h6vhtk-068266)
5. **[Tyneside Surgical Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/tyneside-surgical-services-limited-coh-06222637):** £210k · [Provision of an Open Bore MRI Scanning Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-an-open-bore-mri-scanning-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06b9db)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 2
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 4
- **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 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-tyneside-and-sunderland-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-r0b#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-tyneside-and-sunderland-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-r0b
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt