Monthly - Professional service fee in respect of the external audit for the year ending 31 March 2026

About the buyer

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust delivers community and inpatient mental health, learning disability and primary care services as an NHS trust across Hull and East Yorkshire. A four-person procurement team handles buying for the Trust. Tender opportunities appear on the Trust's e-tendering portal, set against thresholds in its Standing Financial Instructions. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. Suppliers are directed to NHS Supply Chain and the North of England Procurement service for opportunities. Larger contracts are advertised on Find a Tender and the Atamis portal.

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 Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in construction work, IT services and architectural and engineering services.