University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) completed a merger by acquisition of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) on 1st April 2018. UHB includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic.
Due to historical differences in data collection/reporting across UHB and the former Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust some responses have been provided by hospital site.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Under the Freedom of Information act I wish to request the following information:
1. Please provide a list of all contracts the trust has bid for under current tendering processes for the following financial years: 2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15, 2013-14 and 2012-13. Please provide the stated value of the contract, the nature of the contract and whether the bid was successful or not.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Please see attached: FOI 0302
Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital
Please see attached: FOI 0302
2. Please provide details of all occasions where external consultancy has been used to support the development of a contract bid or used during any stage of the process. Please break this information down by the name of the consultancy used, the cost of using the firm and the outcome of the bid.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Please see attached: FOI 0302
Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital
Please see attached: FOI 0302
