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Buyer profile · NHS and health
NHS Business Services Authority tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 7
- About one every 52 days
- Contracts awarded
- 40
- To 41 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £34.3m
- 30 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £54k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 6 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
NHS Business Services Authority has no tenders open right now.
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £40kestimated
- £400kestimated
- Value not stated
- £2.33mestimated
- £14.7mestimated
- £6.57mestimated
- £14mestimated
- Value not stated
- £28mestimated
- £350kestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 4 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)26%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)7%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)4%
- Direct award (no competition)63%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow NHS Business Services Authority has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 31 days
- Longer than 58% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 6 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 26%
- Higher than 70% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 46 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 20%
- Lower than 89% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 44 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- More than 58% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 13 awards
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 69% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 7 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 63%
- Lower than 63% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 46 procurements
- Cancelled
- 14%
- Higher than 82% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 7 tenders
Compared with other NHS and health bodies
This buyer: 31 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: 4
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| 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: 26%
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: 20%
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| 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 NHS Business Services Authority.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data and AI Training Licences | Datacamp Inc | £44k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| C407289 Product Owner Training | Pendo .IO UK Ltd | £61k | 16 Dec 2026 |
| C408927 - ServiceExpress Hardware Support | Service Express Europe Ltd | £12k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| BAME Leadership Programme | NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit | £18k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| HSJ News Licences | HSJ Information Ltd | £14k | 31 Jan 2027 |
| W223471 Major Incident Management Training | Major Incident Management | £30k | 4 Feb 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Intelligence and Data Anlaytics Platform | Cybit Limited | £1.28m | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Colleague Wellbeing Training and Awareness | Still Human | — | 26 Oct 2026 |
| C475892 WebEDI Support and Maintenance Services | Civica UK Limited | £29k | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Social Media Management Software | Sprout Social UK Ltd | £182k | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Digital and Technology Solutions Professional Level 6 Apprenticeship | Qa Limited | — | 5 Oct 2026 |
| W175751 Media Buying | Wavemaker Limited | £320k | 17 Sept 2026 |
| Warehouse File Tracking Software | Asset Workflows Limited | £240k | 7 Sept 2026 |
| Financial Assurance Framework | Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP, KPMG LLP | — | 1 Sept 2026 |
| C463372 Bounty Advertising 2026 | Bounty Media Limited | — | 26 Aug 2026 |
| W84076 Healthy Start Vitamins - Subject Matter Expert | Campden Bri (Chipping Campden) Ltd | — | 21 Aug 2026 |