This section of our website provides information to help suppliers do business with us.
The Procurement department at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust aim to ensure that we get the best value for all goods and services that we buy. We currently spend around £85 million a year on goods and services throughout the Trust.
How to do business with The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT)
TRFT buy a wide range of goods and services, including;
- Medical and surgical consumables
- Medical and capital equipment
- Non medical equipment, consumables and services
Opportunities with the Trust
A list of current contracts at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Procurement Contract Database June 2021.
The Trust utilises a web-based portal called Intend to advertise contracting
opportunities which can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/workingtogethernhs/aspx/home. Suppliers need to
register only once by navigating to the site and clicking the link “Click here
for details on how to register” and following the instructions illustrated
within the supplier video.
All contracts advertised by the Trust will be launched on the Intend
portal. However, the way we advertise
higher value contracts has changed. Contracts
over the current stated procurement thresholds will no longer be advertised on OJEU
(the Official Journal of the European Union) and visible via Tenders Electronic
Daily (TED). Since the UK’s departure
from the EU, OJEU has been replaced by a UK-only tendering service platform
called ‘Find a Tender’ (FTS).
Only tenders created and listed after 1st January 2021 will
be published on FTS, though older contracts listed on OJEU/TED will still be
visible. Contracting opportunities over
£25k will still be advertised on Contracts Finder.
See Tendering post EU Exit (Brexit) 2021 for more information.
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We participate in the Cabinet Office’s National Fraud Initiative: a data
matching exercise to assist in the prevention and detection of fraud. We are
required to provide particular sets of data to the Minister for the Cabinet
Office for matching for each exercise, as detailed here.
The use of data by the Cabinet Office in a data matching exercise is
carried out with statutory authority under Part 6 of the Local Audit and
Accountability Act 2014. It does not require the consent of the individuals
concerned under the Data Protection Act 2018.
Data matching by the Cabinet Office is subject to a Code of Practice.
View further information on the Cabinet Office’s legal powers and the reasons why it
matches particular information. For further information on data
matching at this organisation please contact Amanda Smith on 01709 428701.