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The Procurement Department's Vision: Driving value, improving care.

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SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, Royal United Hospitals (Bath) & Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust procurement teams have become one department. This new team will share resources and specialist knowledge and combine contracts where advantageous.

The Procurement Department advertises all its formal requirements through its . If you believe to have an innovative product or service, or believe you can offer the Trust cost savings, then please call the team on 01722 336262 ext 5755 or email sft.procurement@nhs.net.

As part of our obligations to meet with transparency requirements, all Trust awarded contracts over the value of £25,000 will be made available on its

In addition all awards made in excess of the EU Procurement Threshold are located on

All suppliers of goods and or services wishing to sell to SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ MUST note in the first instance the initial approach needs to be through the procurement department contacting one of the individuals below and not other members of staff at the Trust. As outlined in the Trust Standing Financial Instructions only procurement, commercial and Executives of the Trust are empowered to sign any Agreement on behalf of the Trust. We expect suppliers working with the Trust to endorse our supplier charter.Ìý

Guidance for Suppliers

1. Useful advice has been published to aid SME’s in their bid for business
2. To support our drive towards Net Zero, suppliers are encouraged to register on the Evergreen Portal to support tracking on Sustainability
3. Suppliers (exc SME’s), are required to publish a Modern Slavery Statement Annually.Ìý Suppliers are encouraged to complete a Modern Slavery Assessment Tool (MSAT)ÌýÌý ÌýÌý

The Procurement Act 2023

On 24^th February 2025, The Procurement Act 2023 went live.Ìý For further information on how this may impact you, please visit

Bribery Act 2010

A bribe is a financial or other advantage intended to induce or reward the ‘improper performance’ of a person’s official public functions or work activities.

Generally, this means offering or receiving something of value to influence a transaction that someone shouldn’t do (offences include offering, promising, giving, requesting, accepting, or agreeing to accept).

Section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010 includes a ‘corporate’ offence, which means that commercial organisations may be held legally liable if they fail to take steps to prevent bribery by those who are associated with it. There is a defence for organisations if they can prove that they had in place adequate procedures designed to prevent bribery from occurring on its behalf. This law is applicable to NHS bodies, meaning that the Trust must put measures in place to prevent bribery from happening.

Contact Details:

The Procurement Department is broken down into the following areas: