BWC Catering Outsourcing Pre-Market Engagement
Details
- Published
- 14 April 2026
- Submission
- 1 May 2026
- Source
- uk:atamis:dhsc
Tender description
Birmingham Women's & Children's Hospitals plan to begin a procurement process for retail and patient catering services across both hospitals in autumn/winter 2026. This Pre-market engagement exercise is to understand market preferences and explore contractual models that would best support innovation, partnership working and long‑term value.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published14 April 2026Current notice
- Completed: Submission date1 May 2026
About the buyer
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist NHS foundation trust running women's and children's hospital services in Birmingham. Contract opportunities and contract awards above a set threshold are published on the government's Contracts Finder service. Tenders go out through Atamis, the NHS's shared Health Family eCommercial system. Purchasing and supplies maintains its own lists of approved suppliers for goods and services. An annual Excellence in Supply Awards scheme recognises suppliers across the Midlands.
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 Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, business services and health and social work.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@birmingham-women-s-and-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@birmingham-women-s-and-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@birmingham-women-s-and-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@birmingham-women-s-and-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@birmingham-women-s-and-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@birmingham-women-s-and-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust.gov |
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