Medical consumables: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 33140000·Supplies · class·in Medical Devices & Pharma
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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 48 lots from 22 competitions run by 16 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 13 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 35 from older notices (bids received, middle 7).
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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 306 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 13 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 27 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Fresnel Prisms | The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | 2 Nov 2026 | 7d | £4,892 |
| Prone Face Cushions | The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 30 Oct 2026 | 4d | £48,803 |
| Prone Face Cushions | The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 30 Oct 2026 | 4d | £48,803 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
33140000 Medical consumables450 notices · 45%33141625 Diagnostic kits50 notices · 5%33141200 Catheters38 notices · 4%33141310 Syringes25 notices · 2%33141110 Dressings24 notices · 2%33141700 Orthopaedic supplies22 notices · 2%33141320 Medical needles21 notices · 2%- Medical equipments 383 · 12m
- Miscellaneous medical devices and products 197 · 12m
- Pharmaceutical products 174 · 12m
- Various medicinal products 167 · 12m
- Operating techniques 101 · 12m
- Functional support 94 · 12m
- Imaging equipment for medical, dental and veterinary use 82 · 12m
- Recording systems and exploration devices 70 · 12m
- Radiotherapy, mechanotherapy, electrotherapy and physical therapy devices 35 · 12m
- General anti-infectives for systemic use, vaccines, antineoplastic and immunodulating agents 18 · 12m
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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.
Central government59%(585 notices)
585 of 997 notices are Central government (59%).NHS & health22%(220 notices)
220 of 997 notices are NHS & health (22%).Other public bodies5%(51 notices)
51 of 997 notices are Other public bodies (5%).Education & universities5%(47 notices)
47 of 997 notices are Education & universities (5%).Local authorities1%(12 notices)
12 of 997 notices are Local authorities (1%).Not classified8%(82 notices)
82 of 997 notices are Not classified (8%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") | NHS & health | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Blood and Transplant | Central government | 64 | 10 | 0 |
| NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) | Central government | 50 | 6 | 0 |
| The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) | NHS & health | 45 | 9 | 1 |
| Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 45 | 17 | 0 |
| SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED | Other public bodies | 42 | 7 | 3 |
| The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | Central government | 36 | 21 | 3 |
| Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency | Central government | 29 | 12 | 0 |
| LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED | Central government | 28 | 6 | 2 |
| University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 27 | 19 | 0 |
193 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 519 of 1,005 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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| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | 22% | 13% | |
| East of England | — | 41% | 23% | |
| South West England | — | 33% | 12% | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | 29% | 0% | |
| Greater London | — | 50% | 6% | |
| North West England | — | 33% | 14% | |
| East Midlands | — | 21% | 5% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | 48% | 11% | |
| South East England | — | 24% | 45% | |
| North East England | — | 28% | 0% |
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.
Contract73%(730 notices)
730 of 1,005 notices are Contract (73%).Framework27%(269 notices)
269 of 1,005 notices are Framework (27%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(6 notices)
6 of 1,005 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.
Open37%(371 notices)
371 of 1,005 notices are Open (37%).Direct award20%(206 notices)
206 of 1,005 notices are Direct award (20%).Route not published20%(201 notices)
201 of 1,005 notices are Route not published (20%).Limited / restricted20%(196 notices)
196 of 1,005 notices are Limited / restricted (20%).Selective3%(31 notices)
31 of 1,005 notices are Selective (3%).
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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 threshold64%(119 notices)
119 of 185 notices are Above threshold (64%).Below threshold36%(66 notices)
66 of 185 notices are Below threshold (36%).
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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 (411) · 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 bid13%(6)
6 of 48 lots fall in 1 bid (13%).2–317%(8)
8 of 48 lots fall in 2–3 (17%).4–623%(11)
11 of 48 lots fall in 4–6 (23%).7 or more48%(23)
23 of 48 lots fall in 7 or more (48%).
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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 48 lots from 22 competitions run by 16 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 13 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 35 from older notices (bids received, middle 7).
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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.
112 of 386 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 25 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.
126 SME bids out of 265, on 46 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.
82 of 201 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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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
5 of 411 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 157 lots from 47 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 · 1,184 awards to 504 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 10% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| MEDIQ HEALTHCARE UK LIMITED | 12 | 15 | 5 | 9 |
| Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited | 11 | 15 | 6 | 10 |
| Medtronic Limited | 10 | 11 | 5 | 7 |
| Molnlycke Health Care | 8 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
| Reliance Medical Ltd | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| Essity UK Limited | 7 | 47 | 6 | 5 |
| Smiths Medical International Ltd | 7 | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| Uniphar Medtech Limited | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
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 · 312 of 1,005 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in medical consumables
27 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 3314. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 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.