Operating techniques: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 33160000·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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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 113 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
33168000 Endoscopy, endosurgery devices30 notices · 17%33169000 Surgical instruments14 notices · 8%33168100 Endoscopes11 notices · 6%33162000 Operating theatre devices and instruments10 notices · 6%33162100 Operating-theatre devices6 notices · 3%33169100 Surgical laser6 notices · 3%33169500 Surgical tracking and tracing systems4 notices · 2%33160000 Operating techniques3 notices · 2%- Medical equipments 383 · 12m
- Medical consumables 323 · 12m
- Miscellaneous medical devices and products 197 · 12m
- Pharmaceutical products 174 · 12m
- Various medicinal products 167 · 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 government75%(129 notices)
129 of 173 notices are Central government (75%).NHS & health16%(28 notices)
28 of 173 notices are NHS & health (16%).Other public bodies3%(5 notices)
5 of 173 notices are Other public bodies (3%).Education & universities2%(3 notices)
3 of 173 notices are Education & universities (2%).Not classified5%(8 notices)
8 of 173 notices are Not classified (5%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 24 | 23 | 0 |
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Central government | 18 | 17 | 0 |
| The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") | NHS & health | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) | NHS & health | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust | Central government | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) | NHS & health | 4 | 3 | 0 |
68 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 96 of 173 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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| East of England | — | 12% | 14% | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | 20% | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — |
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.
Contract82%(141 notices)
141 of 173 notices are Contract (82%).Framework18%(32 notices)
32 of 173 notices are Framework (18%).
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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.
Direct award42%(72 notices)
72 of 173 notices are Direct award (42%).Route not published24%(42 notices)
42 of 173 notices are Route not published (24%).Limited / restricted17%(30 notices)
30 of 173 notices are Limited / restricted (17%).Open15%(26 notices)
26 of 173 notices are Open (15%).Selective2%(3 notices)
3 of 173 notices are Selective (2%).
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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 threshold73%(11 notices)
11 of 15 notices are Above threshold (73%).Below threshold27%(4 notices)
4 of 15 notices are Below threshold (27%).
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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 (119) · 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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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 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.
4 of 93 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 26 more give no procedure and are left out.
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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.
14 of 57 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.
1 of 119 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 36 lots from 8 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 · 131 awards to 79 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 23% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| KARL STORZ Endoscopy (UK) Ltd. | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Olympus KeyMed | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Stryker UK Ltd | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL LTD | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Braun Medical Limited | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| NJ Devices Trading As Ocean Med | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| COOK (UK) LTD | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| KeyMed (Medical and Industrial Equipment) Ltd | 3 | 3 | 3 | 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 · 21 of 173 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
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 3316. 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.