Department of Health & Social Care: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 26 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
472 awarded tenders, 362 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| DHSC: LERO Development and Resilience Project | 30 Oct 2026 | 4d | £393,221 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
85 Health and social work services55 procedures · 29% · 1 open79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting38 procedures · 20%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet29 procedures · 15%33 Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals23 procedures · 12%73 Research and development services23 procedures · 12%75 Administration, defence and social security15 procedures · 8%80 Education and training services13 procedures · 7%48 Software package and information systems9 procedures · 5%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 192 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract97%(187 notices)
187 of 192 notices are Contract (97%).Framework2%(4 notices)
4 of 192 notices are Framework (2%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(1 notices)
1 of 192 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Route not published39%(75 notices)
75 of 192 notices are Route not published (39%).Direct award27%(52 notices)
52 of 192 notices are Direct award (27%).Limited / restricted16%(30 notices)
30 of 192 notices are Limited / restricted (16%).Open14%(27 notices)
27 of 192 notices are Open (14%).Selective4%(8 notices)
8 of 192 notices are Selective (4%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 26 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 17 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 192 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 13 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Air Charter Service Ltd | 25 | 5.3% | 0 | 25 | — |
| IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD | 15 | 3.2% | 4 | 15 | — |
| Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government | 10 | 2.1% | 5 | 13 | 13 Jul 2026 |
| Fresenius Kabi Limited | 8 | 1.7% | 0 | 8 | — |
| Kuehne + Nagel Limited | 6 | 1.3% | 0 | 13 | — |
| ACCORD-UK LTD | 6 | 1.3% | 0 | 6 | — |
| INNOVA MEDICAL GROUP INC. | 6 | 1.3% | 0 | 6 | — |
| Kent Pharma Ltd | 6 | 1.3% | 0 | 6 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 11% of 472 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 362 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| DHSC: Media Buying and Planning (FY26-27) | Wavemaker Ltd | 18 Jun 2026 | 4 yrs | £244,700,000 ≈ £61m/yr |
| Adult Social Care (ASC) Workforce Support Programme 2026 | Skills for Care Ltd | — | 2.9 yrs · up to 4.9 yrs | £25,635,798 † ≈ £8.8m/yr |
| DHSC: Continuous ASC and PH Improvement for LAs and Practitioners | Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government | — | — | £8,308,000 † |
| DHSC: G&PH: Local Authority Public Health Peer Review and External Support | Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government | — | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £7,860,000 † ≈ £2.6m/yr |
| DHSC:ASC:Better Care Fund | Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government | — | 1 yrs | £7,402,698 † ≈ £7.4m/yr |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
236 of 613 contracts carry an end date, 72 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| DHSC: NHSPP: Thirlwall Inquiry Audio Visual Services | Radio Technical Services | 31 Oct 2026 | £52,056 |
| DHSC: Thirlwall Inquiry Media Support | Four Communications Limited | 31 Oct 2026 | £16,800 |
| DHSC: WTD - Information Management Services 4 (IMS4) | ENTSERV UK LIMITED | 21 Nov 2026 estimated | £48,960,000 |
| DHSC - BHD prevention and leadership training | The King's Fund | 22 Jan 2027 | £523,532 |
| Publish Contract Details Notice | LGBT Foundation | 11 Feb 2027 | £125,000 |
| DHSC:GAPH: Healthy Child Programme: 5-19 Public Health Nursing | ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED T/A Fortia Insight | 26 Feb 2027 | £67,470 |
| MapInfo Pro licences | Mapchester Limited | 28 Feb 2027 | £10,080 |
| DHSC:GAPH: HV Evidence Synthesis | ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED T/A Fortia Insight | 28 Feb 2027 | £20,788 |
| Adult Social Care Learning and Development Quality Assurance including Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training | Skills for Care Ltd | 12 Mar 2027 estimated | £1,016,322 |
| NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI) | LGC LIMITED | 31 Mar 2027 | £12,436,417 |
Soonest 10 of 30 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 641 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| DHSC: Independent Review, Mental Health- External Communications Support | Awarded / complete | 21 Oct 2026 | — |
| DHSC Simplify & DeliverBusiness and management consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 21 Oct 2026 | £280,000 |
| Living with Cancer Employer Collaborative - Roundtable EventsAdvertising and marketing services | Planning | 16 Oct 2026 | £0 |
| Prior Information Notice (PIN) /Request for Information (RFI) for Steps to Safety National Support PartnerResearch and development services and related consultancy services | Planned | 14 Oct 2026 | — |
| DHSC: Health Survey for England 2028-31Blood analysis services | Planning | 8 Oct 2026 | £0 |
| DHSC_DfL National Reduce and Reuse MedTech Products Campaigns 2026Business and management consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 5 Oct 2026 | £463,520 |
| DHSC: OHID: Infant Feeding Survey 2027Social research services | Planned | 30 Sept 2026 | £800,000 |
| DHSE: Global Health: Sentinel Drug Testing FY26/27Laboratory services | Planned | 28 Sept 2026 | £1,032,016 |
| DHSC: ASC: Leadership Development Programme for new and aspiring DASSEducation and training services | Planning | 18 Sept 2026 | £909,000 |
| Financial Assurance FrameworkFinancial consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 15 Sept 2026 | £20,000,000 |
| DHSC : Global & Public Health: National SRbPA Support SchemeHealth training services | Awarded / complete | 8 Sept 2026 | £151,000 |
| DHSC: GPH: Mothers Living with HIV Formula Milk Funding Scheme 2027Administration services | Planning | 28 Aug 2026 | £875,000 |
| DHSC: OHID - Gambling Harms Prevention - Website support and maintenance | Awarded / complete | 28 Aug 2026 | — |
| DHSC: SCI: Healthy Babies EvaluationSurvey services | Awarded / complete | 26 Aug 2026 | — |
| DHSC: ASC: Digital Delivery CapabilityIT services: consulting | Planning | 26 Aug 2026 | £30,000,000 |
| DHSC:GH: Fleming Fund - Additional Provision of Reagents and Consumables | Awarded / complete | 25 Aug 2026 | — |
| DHSC:ASC Fair Pay Agreement Negotiation Support FundHealth and social work services | Awarded / complete | 18 Aug 2026 | £321,000 |
| MH Act Code of Practice – Lived Experience Advisory Groups 2026Social research services | Awarded / complete | 13 Aug 2026 | £383,500 |
| DHSC: CSA: NIHR Research Commissioning and Management Services Lot 6Administrative services of agencies | Awarded / complete | 13 Aug 2026 | £364,000,000 |
| DHSC - Design packaging of tobacco, vapes and other nicotine productsGraphic design services | Planning | 11 Aug 2026 | — |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 236 of 613 published contracts have an end date; 72 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.