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Buyer profile · NHS and health
NHS England tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 119
- About one every 3 days
- Contracts awarded
- 464
- To 670 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £2.02bn
- 578 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £99k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 4
- 36 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £50kestimated
- £320kestimated
- £6.86mframework ceiling
- £125mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £9.34mestimated
- £67mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £7.2mframework ceiling
- £50.4mframework ceiling
- £12.6mframework ceiling
- £8.64mframework ceiling
- £20mestimated
- £1estimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 13 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.
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)14%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)3%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)2%
- Direct award (no competition)80%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow NHS England has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 65% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 117 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 14%
- Higher than 51% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 1023 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 37%
- Lower than 68% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 1074 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- More than 58% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 120 awards
- Split into lots
- 18%
- Higher than 61% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 119 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 80%
- Higher than 60% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 1023 procurements
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Higher than 62% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 119 tenders
Compared with other NHS and health bodies
NHS England: 28 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 |
NHS England: 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 |
NHS England: 14%
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| 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 |
NHS England: 37%
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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 England.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.