Finance

Who we are

  • Stephen Orpin – Director of Finance
  • Richard Sykes – Head of Financial Management
  • Stuart Doyle – Deputy Director of Finance
  • Hannah Ferris – Deputy Director of Finance
  • Mark Pordage – Head of Service Level Agreements
  • Kate Lawrence – Head of Financial Services
  • Patrick McGinley – Head of Costing and SLR
  • Keren Loder – Head of Finance Systems

Internal audit services are provided by TIAA.

For finance and invoice queries, email mtw-tr.payables@nhs.net

For procurement, purchasing and supplies, email mtw-tr.procurement@nhs.net

 

Provider selection regime – annual summary

1 January 2024 – 31 March 2025

The information below relates to contracts awarded using the PSR between 1 January 2024 and 31 March 2025.

The annual summary requirements are set out in Regulation 25.

  • number of contracts directly awarded under direct award processes A, B or C: 9
  • number of contracts awarded under the most suitable provider process: 0
  • number of contracts awarded under the competitive process: 0
  • number of framework agreements concluded: 0
  • number of contracts awarded based on a framework agreement: 0
  • number of urgent contracts awarded and urgent modifications: 0
  • number of new providers awarded contracts: 0
  • number of providers who ceased to hold any contracts with the relevant authority
  • details of representations received, including: 0
    • the number of representations received in writing and during the standstill period in accordance with Regulation 12(3): N/A
    • summary of the outcome of all representations received and of the nature and impact of those representations: N/A

In addition, relevant authorities are expected to publish:

  • total number of providers the relevant authority is currently contracted with: 10 (assumptions – expenditure contracts within scope of PSR)
  • details of any reviews by the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel: N/A
    • number of requests for consideration received by the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel: 0
    • number of requests accepted and rejected by the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel for consideration: 0
    • number of times where the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel advised the relevant authority to re-run or go back to an earlier step in a provider selection process under the PSR, and the number of times the advice was followed: 0

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust as a “relevant authority” monitors its compliance against the Provider Selection Regime on a continuous basis. This includes the monitoring of services contracted against inclusion or exclusion from the regulations, has a process in place to document the rationale for awarding contracts, and recording declarations of interest.  The Trust has set a standardised basic selection criteria for evaluating the appropriateness of awarding against Direct Award C.

Purchase orders and suppliers

We have a ‘No purchase order – no payment’ policy and all supplier invoices must quote an order number.

Supplier transactions

All NHS bodies are required to publish details of individual invoices and transactions over £25,000. This is in response to guidance from HM Treasury which sets out the scope of the data.

We are directed to include all expenditure other than transactions which may be exempted for reasons provided by the Data Protection Act and data that might be a betrayal of a commercial confidence or prejudicial to a legitimate commercial interest.

If you have a valid reason to request that any data published in these files should be removed, please submit your details.

Data will be published by working day 15 after each month end. Transactions will be included on the basis of payment date and the value of the whole invoice.

This data is also available on gov.uk going back to 2010.