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EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£4.2M

Total spend

17

Contract awards

17

Unique suppliers

£324K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST has awarded 17 contracts worth £4.2M to 17 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £324K, with the top five suppliers holding 87% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUND…

Top-five suppliers hold 87% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
InHealth Group Ltd.1£2.1M
The Guardian Service Ltd.1£617K
MEDINET CLINICAL SERVICES LTD1£415K
AM Diagnostic Imaging Ltd. trading as AM Diagnostic Services1£250K
HCA International Ltd1£250K
Whitstable Medical Practice1£248K
Robert Dickson Consulting Ltd1£174K
Restorative Lens Ltd1£50K
CAIRN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED1£34K
Abi Masterson Consulting Ltd1£18K
Faversham Medical Practice1£17K
Restorative Now Ltd.1£15K
CareSafe Solutions Ltd.1£9K
Athona Limited1£0
Circle Health Group Ltd1£0
Hamstreet Surgery1£0
Kingsnorth Medical Practice1£0

Procurement categories

What EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUND… buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Health and social work services

85
10 awards£3.3M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
3 awards£74K

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
3 awards£809K

Chemical products

24
1 award£34K

Recent contracts

Latest EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUND… contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

CT-Guided Biopsy Diagnostic Capacity Support Service

HCA International Ltd · 2026-10-26

£250K

MRI Backlog Reduction and Diagnostic Capacity Support Service

AM Diagnostic Imaging Ltd. trading as AM Diagnostic Services · 2026-10-26

£250K

Staffed Mobile CT Services to East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

InHealth Group Ltd. · 2026-10-20

£2.1M

Testing for medical gases

CAIRN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED · 2025-12-09

£34K

Consultancy and advisory services_Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer Fellowship Programme

Abi Masterson Consulting Ltd · 2025-11-20

£18K

Consultancy and advisory services_Leadership and professional development programme_Bands 7 & 8a

Robert Dickson Consulting Ltd · 2025-11-12

£174K

Insourcing of clinical services_Mechanical Thrombectomy

Athona Limited · 2025-09-18

Provision of Elective Care Services

Whitstable Medical Practice · 2025-06-23

£248K

Provision of Elective Care Services

Faversham Medical Practice · 2025-06-23

£17K

GP with extended roles provision of rapid access chest pain clinics

Kingsnorth Medical Practice · 2025-03-31

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Most of it is in software & IT systems and health & social care.

1

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3

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Market analysis

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Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

21%

Awards to SMEs

87%

Top-5 supplier share

41%

Framework call-offs

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Awards to social enterprises

Around 21% of EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUND…’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 41%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUND…

How much does EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUND… spend on procurement?

EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUND… awarded 17 contracts totalling £4.2M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 17 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £324K.

Who are EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUND…'s top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUND… by total award value are InHealth Group Ltd., The Guardian Service Ltd., MEDINET CLINICAL SERVICES LTD. The top five suppliers together hold 87% of contract value.

What does EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUND… buy from suppliers?

EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUND…'s procurement is concentrated in health and social work services, research and development services and related consultancy services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

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  • · Contracts Finder
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