HealthTrust Europe eauction Programme
A 12-week route to best market price, without compromising quality or compliance.
Built specifically for public sector moving on category opportunities now. Our reverse auction is deployed as the BAFO stage inside a fully managed, PA 2023 and PCR 2015 compliant process, delivering 8 to 25% savings against initial tender submissions.
Register Your Interest 8–25%
Savings vs initial tender
12 weeks
Spec to contract award
PA 2023
Fully aligned & PSR ready
NHS Trusts and Collaboratives already delivering through HealthTrust Europe
West Midlands Collaborative
Cheshire & Merseyside Trusts
Imperial College Healthcare
Manchester University NHS FT
South Warwickshire NHS FT
Feature spotlight · Mapped to your priorities
Best market price. Right quality. Defensible award.
The HTE eAuction Programme deploys reverse auction as the Best and Final Offer stage inside a fully managed competitive process. We run it end to end, from specification and pre-market engagement to contract award and supplier onboarding.
Quality
Thresholds set before price competition begins.
Only suppliers who meet your minimum standards are invited to the auction. Quality is never traded for price.
Savings
Competitive tension drives 8–25% off initial submissions.
Qualified suppliers compete in real time at the BAFO stage. The auction informs the award decision, it does not replace it.
Compliance
PA 2023, PCR 2015 and PSR aligned end to end.
Transparent, auditable, and defensible from specification through to award and standstill.
Speed to benefit
From specification to contract in weeks, not months.
Realise savings and quality improvements faster, with less internal resource and lower administrative burden on your team.
Open categories
Where your Trust can join an upcoming sourcing event.
Aggregated across participating NHS authorities. Additional categories are added based on HTE work plans and member demand.
Office Supplies
Paper, stationery, toner, print consumables and general office supplies, aggregated across participating authorities.
Cleaning Consumables
Cleaning chemicals, janitorial supplies, hygiene products and washroom consumables.
Lift Maintenance
Planned and reactive lift maintenance, servicing, modernisation and statutory compliance inspections.
Office & Workplace Furniture
Desks, chairs, storage, reception and breakout furniture, and general non-clinical workplace fit out.
External Print
External print of forms, leaflets, posters, branded stationery, patient communications and signage.
PPE
Gloves, masks, gowns, eye protection and site safety consumables.
Proof · Real NHS outcomes
What Trusts have unlocked with HTE.
Office Supplies
25%+ savings achieved on core basket of goods.
Incumbent supplier identified over £75k in savings, with c.40% alternative product opportunity to drive further value through the contract lifecycle.
IT Hardware · North East Collaborative
£2.6m in price reductions across a £12.3m hardware list.
OEM and reseller vendors competed via eAuction, aggregating year-end ICT spend to drive best market price across the collaborative.
Lift Maintenance · West Midlands Trust
11%+ saving on planned and emergency call-out services.
Local supply chain engaged end to end, with robust quality assessment used to award a high quality service at great value.
How we'd work together
A 12-week competitive sprint, fully managed by HTE.
01
Dedicated 1:1 to map your category opportunities
We confirm which categories your Trust wants to register interest in, propose new ones, and align on timing with HTE's work plan.
Weeks 1–2
02
Planning, scoping and tender pack build
Your input shapes the specification. We handle pre-market engagement and assemble a fully compliant tender pack.
Weeks 3–5
03
Execute tender and reverse auction (BAFO)
Only suppliers who pass quality thresholds compete in real time at the Best and Final Offer stage.
Weeks 6–9
04
Evaluation, award and supplier onboarding
Standstill and award follow the overarching competitive process. The auction informs the decision, it does not replace it.
Weeks 10–12
Resources for your team
Proof from Trusts on a similar journey.
Case Study · Workforce
Collaborating to reduce locum costs
13 West Midlands NHS organisations combined £95m of locum spend and avoided over £2.6m in costs.
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Case Study · Clinical Waste
Cheshire & Merseyside consortium
31% average savings across 13 Trusts via a collaborative mini-competition under tight timelines.
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Case Study · Stakeholder Alignment
Aligning 13 Trusts through Brexit and the pandemic
Two-lot restructure, pre-market engagement and award delivered a cost-neutral 8-year position with new KPIs.
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Next step
Book your dedicated 1:1 to register interest, confirm participation, or propose a new category.
HealthTrust Europe LLP · 19 George Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 1NU · 0845 887 5000