Professional Services Uplift

About the buyer

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust runs four hospital sites across Lincolnshire, and buys as a healthcare trust through the Atamis tendering system. Open tenders are also advertised on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. Much of its buying runs through NHS Supply Chain frameworks and collaborative agreements. Clinical Procurement Specialists lead purchasing decisions across the Trust's sites. No contract exists without an official purchase order from the procurement department. Suppliers must register with Intellicentrics before visiting any department.

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 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's contract awards have been in office and computing equipment, business services and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.