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About the buyer

North East London NHS Foundation Trust delivers community and mental health services across North East London and south west Essex, buying as an NHS trust with its own procurement team. That team handles sourcing, market research, supplier evaluation and contract negotiation. Tenders are advertised through Contracts Finder and the Multi Quote supplier portal. Much of this procurement flows through frameworks from the Crown Commercial Service and the London Procurement Partnership. Supplier contracts follow NHS Standard Terms and Conditions. Six directorates commission services across the localities the trust covers.

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 North East London NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in construction work, business services and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.