Buyer profile · NHS and health
Department of Health & Social Care tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 15
- About one every 24 days
- Contracts awarded
- 75
- To 71 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £361m
- 67 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £125k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 1 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £110kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £800kestimated
- £1.03mestimated
- £909kestimated
- £875kestimated
- £30mestimated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 10 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)22%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)12%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)12%
- Direct award (no competition)53%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Department of Health & Social Care has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 30 days
- Longer than 54% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 15 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 22%
- Higher than 64% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 81 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 35%
- Lower than 71% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 83 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- About the same as most NHS and health bodies
- Based on 30 awards
- Split into lots
- 13%
- Lower than 51% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 15 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 53%
- Lower than 72% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 81 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most NHS and health bodies
- Based on 15 tenders
Compared with other NHS and health bodies
This buyer: 30 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 2 |
| 10–15 days | 2 |
| 15–20 days | 1 |
| 20–25 days | 4 |
| 25–30 days | 35 |
| 30–35 days | 28 |
| 35–40 days | 7 |
| 40–45 days | 2 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 3
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 9 |
| 2–4 bids | 35 |
| 4–6 bids | 19 |
| 6–8 bids | 9 |
| 8–10 bids | 1 |
| 10–12 bids | 0 |
| 12–14 bids | 2 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 0 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 1 |
This buyer: 22%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 115 |
| 10–20% | 56 |
| 20–30% | 34 |
| 30–40% | 13 |
| 40–50% | 17 |
| 50–60% | 14 |
| 60–70% | 10 |
| 70–80% | 6 |
| 80–90% | 6 |
| 90–100% | 8 |
This buyer: 35%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 5 |
| 10–20% | 20 |
| 20–30% | 35 |
| 30–40% | 49 |
| 40–50% | 51 |
| 50–60% | 39 |
| 60–70% | 24 |
| 70–80% | 26 |
| 80–90% | 18 |
| 90–100% | 7 |
Each column is a group of NHS and health bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds Department of Health & Social Care.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHSC - BHD prevention and leadership training | Kings Fund | £524k | 22 Jan 2027 |