Category
Health and social care contracts in the UK public sector
Clinical services, social work, care provision and public health programmes. Dominated by NHS bodies and local authority adult and children's services.
- 1,316
- Contracts, last 12 months
- 8,576
- Contracts since 2021
- 865
- Buyers active here
- £190k
- Median contract value
- 1,714
- Expiring in 18 months
Categories are derived from the CPV codes buyers publish on each award notice. Figures cover January 2021 onward and are comprehensive from 2023. The median is used rather than a total, because one framework ceiling would otherwise describe the whole category.
Coming up for renewal
1,714 health and social care contracts expiring in the next 18 months
Each has an end date already published in its award notice. The incumbent knows the date. Most competitors find out when the re-tender appears, by which point the specification is written.
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Working in CPV codes? Health and social care is CPV division 85, with every code beneath it and how often UK buyers use each one.
Common questions
Health and social care procurement, in short
Who buys health and social care in the UK public sector?
865 public sector organisations have awarded health and social care contracts since 2021. The most active are Nottinghamshire County Council (627 contracts), Darlington Borough Council (588 contracts), Kirklees Council (498 contracts).
How much is a typical health and social care contract worth?
The median is £190k, across the 8,063 contracts of 8,576 that publish a value. A median rather than an average, because a single framework worth hundreds of millions would otherwise make the typical contract look far larger than it is.
When do health and social care contracts come up for renewal?
1,714 contracts in this category have an end date inside the next 18 months. End dates are published in the original award notice, so they are visible long before any re-tender is advertised, which is usually the point at which the specification is already written.
How do I find new health and social care tenders?
Notices are published across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, each with its own search. Tender Radar reads all four each weekday morning and scores new notices against your profile, alongside the contracts in this category approaching renewal.
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear.