Medical practice and related services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 85120000·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 121 lots from 100 competitions run by 67 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 24 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4.5) and 97 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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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 1,440 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 21 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 11 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| RRE-01284 - For the provision of a Digitally Enabled Children & Young People’s Mental Health Service (South Staffordshire) | Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust | 3 Nov 2026 | 8d | — |
| Level 2 Sexual Health Services - Breckland/South Norfolk | Norfolk County Council | 1 Dec 2026 | 36d | — |
| Total Orthopaedic Solutions 4 | SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED | 14 Dec 2026 | 49d | £3,071,000,000 ceiling |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
85121100 General-practitioner services1,111 notices · 43%85121270 Psychiatrist or psychologist services267 notices · 10%85120000 Medical practice and related services230 notices · 9%85121200 Medical specialist services196 notices · 8%85121000 Medical practice services159 notices · 6%85121240 ENT or audiologist services137 notices · 5%85121281 Ophthalmologist services124 notices · 5%85121282 Dermatology services105 notices · 4%- Health services 2,178 · 12m
- Social work services 974 · 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.
Central government71%(1,820 notices)
1,820 of 2,575 notices are Central government (71%).NHS & health18%(462 notices)
462 of 2,575 notices are NHS & health (18%).Local authorities7%(181 notices)
181 of 2,575 notices are Local authorities (7%).Education & universities2%(60 notices)
60 of 2,575 notices are Education & universities (2%).Other public bodies1%(23 notices)
23 of 2,575 notices are Other public bodies (1%).Not classified1%(29 notices)
29 of 2,575 notices are Not classified (1%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board | Central government | 492 | 201 | 0 |
| NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board | Central government | 195 | 107 | 0 |
| NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board | Central government | 123 | 51 | 0 |
| NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board | Central government | 72 | 1 | 0 |
| NHS Devon Integrated Care Board | Central government | 63 | 22 | 0 |
| NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) | NHS & health | 51 | 17 | 0 |
| NHS North East London Integrated Care Board | Central government | 47 | 17 | 0 |
| NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board | Central government | 45 | 2 | 0 |
| NHS South Yorkshire ICB | NHS & health | 42 | 1 | 0 |
| NHS STAFFORDSHIRE AND STOKE-ON-TRENT INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | Central government | 41 | 7 | 0 |
404 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 2,475 of 2,595 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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| Yorkshire and the Humber | 5 | 65% | 80% | |
| Greater London | 5 | 47% | 76% | |
| East Midlands | 1 | 51% | 69% | |
| South West England | 3 | 60% | 68% | |
| South East England | — | 45% | 71% | |
| West Midlands | 3 | 41% | 90% | |
| East of England | 4 | 77% | 36% | |
| North West England | 5 | 23% | 81% | |
| North East England | — | 41% | 86% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 1 | 92% | 51% | |
| Scotland | 2 | 72% | 93% | |
| 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.
Contract98%(2,535 notices)
2,535 of 2,595 notices are Contract (98%).Framework2%(52 notices)
52 of 2,595 notices are Framework (2%).Dynamic purchasing system0%(8 notices)
8 of 2,595 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.
Limited / restricted76%(1,960 notices)
1,960 of 2,595 notices are Limited / restricted (76%).Open12%(300 notices)
300 of 2,595 notices are Open (12%).Route not published9%(241 notices)
241 of 2,595 notices are Route not published (9%).Direct award2%(57 notices)
57 of 2,595 notices are Direct award (2%).Selective1%(37 notices)
37 of 2,595 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%(44 notices)
44 of 64 notices are Above threshold (69%).Below threshold31%(20 notices)
20 of 64 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 (2,193) · 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%(29)
29 of 121 lots fall in 1 bid (24%).2–322%(27)
27 of 121 lots fall in 2–3 (22%).4–631%(37)
37 of 121 lots fall in 4–6 (31%).7 or more23%(28)
28 of 121 lots fall in 7 or more (23%).
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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 121 lots from 100 competitions run by 67 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 24 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4.5) and 97 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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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.
194 of 2,129 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 64 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.
181 SME bids out of 239, on 63 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.
850 of 1,322 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 68 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.
16 of 2,193 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 9 lots from 9 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 · 3,364 awards to 2,052 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 4% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Scrivens Limited | 21 | 21 | 5 | 11 |
| DMC Healthcare Ltd | 16 | 16 | 6 | 9 |
| Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited | 16 | 16 | 3 | 6 |
| Primary Eyecare Services | 14 | 14 | 1 | 10 |
| Community Health & Eyecare Ltd | 14 | 14 | 2 | 9 |
| ICS Operations trading as Xyla Services | 13 | 13 | 8 | 7 |
| SpaMedica | 11 | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| Haringey GP Group Ltd | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
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 · 278 of 2,595 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in medical practice and related services
11 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| RRE-01284 - For the provision of a Digitally Enabled Children & Young People’s Mental Health Service (South Staffordshire) | Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust | 3 Nov 2026 | 8d | — |
| Level 2 Sexual Health Services - Breckland/South Norfolk | Norfolk County Council | 1 Dec 2026 | 36d | — |
| Total Orthopaedic Solutions 4 | SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED | 14 Dec 2026 | 49d | £3,071,000,000 ceiling |
| HC1743 Provision of Public Health Services in Wiltshire's General Practices and HC1744 Provision of Public Health Services in Wiltshire's Pharmacies | Wiltshire Council | 31 Mar 2034 | 2713d | £920,000,000 ceiling |
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 8512. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 22 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.