BTH24-020 Cochlear Implants - Med El

About the buyer

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs acute and specialist hospital services across Bradford, buying through its own procurement team. Contract opportunities appear on the government's Find a Tender Service and Contracts Finder. Competed procurements have carried a net zero and social value requirement since 2022, under an NHS-wide sustainability roadmap. Suppliers are assessed against the Evergreen sustainable supplier framework. Key suppliers must hold a carbon reduction plan under PPN 006. A Head of Sustainability works alongside procurement to apply these standards across the Trust's contracts.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, repair and maintenance and software and information systems.