Buyer profile · NHS and health
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 32
- About one every 11 days
- Contracts awarded
- 60
- To 309 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £53.7m
- 25 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £533k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 10 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £18mframework ceiling
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £1.3mestimated
- £8.5mestimated
- £32mestimated
- £12.8mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £1estimated
- 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.
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)71%
- Direct award (no competition)29%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 32 days
- Longer than 68% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 32 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 71%
- Higher than 93% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 65 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 37%
- Lower than 68% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 394 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 7
- More than 88% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 292 awards
- Split into lots
- 59%
- Higher than 92% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 32 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 29%
- Lower than 86% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 65 procurements
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Higher than 64% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 32 tenders
Compared with other NHS and health bodies
This buyer: 32 days
Show as a table
| 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: 7
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: 71%
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: 37%
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 The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS).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.
No contracts we hold from The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) end in the next 90 days.