Health services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 85100000·Services · class·in Health & Social Care
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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 for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 487 lots from 408 competitions run by 219 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 95 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 392 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 2,553 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 92 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 53 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Maintenance of the National Competency Framework for Data Professionals | NHS England | 5 Nov 2026 | 10d | £80,000 ceiling |
| National Competency Framework for Data: Adoption, Impact & Evidence Review | NHS England | 6 Nov 2026 | 11d | £95,000 ceiling |
| AMCV 342 - The Provision of a Supported Living Service in the Battlefield area of Shrewsbury | Shropshire Council | 16 Nov 2026 | 21d | £1,500,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
85100000 Health services9,934 notices · 97%- Social work services 974 · 12m
- Medical practice and related services 874 · 12m
- Miscellaneous health services 786 · 12m
- Hospital and related services 706 · 12m
- Social services 573 · 12m
- Social work and related services 478 · 12m
- Dental practice and related services 220 · 12m
- Medical imaging services 104 · 12m
- Optician services 30 · 12m
- Veterinary services 19 · 12m
- All of Health & Social Care →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
NHS & health45%(4,618 notices)
4,618 of 10,233 notices are NHS & health (45%).Central government43%(4,421 notices)
4,421 of 10,233 notices are Central government (43%).Local authorities9%(936 notices)
936 of 10,233 notices are Local authorities (9%).Other public bodies1%(89 notices)
89 of 10,233 notices are Other public bodies (1%).Education & universities1%(79 notices)
79 of 10,233 notices are Education & universities (1%).Not classified1%(90 notices)
90 of 10,233 notices are Not classified (1%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT | NHS & health | 2,510 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS England | Central government | 539 | 207 | 2 |
| NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board | Central government | 538 | 22 | 1 |
| NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board | Central government | 441 | 188 | 0 |
| NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB | NHS & health | 409 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board | Central government | 254 | 121 | 1 |
| NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board | Central government | 205 | 12 | 0 |
| NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board | NHS & health | 189 | 51 | 0 |
| NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board | Central government | 183 | 68 | 0 |
| NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | NHS & health | 123 | 12 | 0 |
911 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 9,403 of 10,294 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| West Midlands | 3 | 54% | 71% | |
| North West England | 4 | 34% | 65% | |
| North East England | 3 | 42% | 32% | |
| East of England | 4 | 45% | 48% | |
| East Midlands | 3 | 55% | 61% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 3 | 55% | 45% | |
| Greater London | 3 | 29% | 51% | |
| South East England | 4 | 36% | 47% | |
| South West England | 3 | 39% | 46% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 2 | 47% | 30% | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
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.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold 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%(10,020 notices)
10,020 of 10,294 notices are Contract (97%).Framework2%(248 notices)
248 of 10,294 notices are Framework (2%).Dynamic purchasing system0%(26 notices)
26 of 10,294 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (0%).
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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.
Open44%(4,492 notices)
4,492 of 10,294 notices are Open (44%).Limited / restricted40%(4,165 notices)
4,165 of 10,294 notices are Limited / restricted (40%).Route not published12%(1,204 notices)
1,204 of 10,294 notices are Route not published (12%).Direct award3%(289 notices)
289 of 10,294 notices are Direct award (3%).Selective1%(144 notices)
144 of 10,294 notices are Selective (1%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold69%(279 notices)
279 of 407 notices are Above threshold (69%).Below threshold31%(128 notices)
128 of 407 notices are Below threshold (31%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (5,787) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid24%(118)
118 of 487 lots fall in 1 bid (24%).2–333%(159)
159 of 487 lots fall in 2–3 (33%).4–626%(128)
128 of 487 lots fall in 4–6 (26%).7 or more17%(82)
82 of 487 lots fall in 7 or more (17%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 487 lots from 408 competitions run by 219 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 95 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 392 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
1,531 of 5,599 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 188 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
740 SME bids out of 1,076, on 245 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
1,201 of 2,278 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 300 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
64 of 5,787 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 75 lots from 39 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
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.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 15,074 awards to 6,203 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 2% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Community Care Direct Limited | 338 | 338 | 0 | 3 |
| Mountbatton Care Limited | 249 | 249 | 0 | 3 |
| Premcard Limited | 141 | 141 | 0 | 3 |
| Right at Home Sefton | 116 | 116 | 0 | 2 |
| Athena Health Care Group (Park Road) Ltd | 104 | 104 | 0 | 2 |
| DAV MAK CARE SOLUTIONS LTD | 79 | 79 | 0 | 1 |
| Ashcroft House Ltd | 74 | 74 | 0 | 2 |
| Birkdale park Nursing Home | 72 | 72 | 0 | 2 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 1,416 of 10,294 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in health services
53 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
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.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 8510. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 25 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- 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.