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Health and social care contracts in the UK public sector
UK public sector buyers awarded 10,644 health and social care contracts in the last twelve months, with a median published value of £153k. 4,230 end in the next 18 months, 472 of them within three months.
Clinical services, social work, care provision and public health programmes. Dominated by NHS bodies and local authority adult and children's services.
- 10,644
- Contracts, last 12 months
- 52,115
- Contracts since 2021
- 2,192
- Buyers active here
- £153k
- Median contract value
- 4,230
- 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.
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Coming up for renewal
4,230 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.
- 472
- within 3 months
- 1,996
- within 6 months
- 3,069
- within 12 months
- 4,230
- within 18 months
By year: health and social care ending in 2026 · health and social care ending in 2027 · health and social care ending in 2028 · health and social care ending in 2029
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Demand
Who buys health and social care
- Bristol City Council2,143
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board2,025
- NHS England2,001
- Cumbria County Council1,296
- Milton Keynes Council1,207
- NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)1,205
- Kirklees Council1,201
- The North Yorkshire Council1,099
- Darlington Borough Council983
- NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board915
Supply
Who wins this work
- Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited357
- Care Line Homecare Limited238
- Springfield Home Care Services Limited208
- Chiltern Healthcare190
- Barnardo’s172
- Bellcare Domiciliary Care Services Limited159
- Community Care Direct Limited149
- Cera Care Operations Limited140
- Cumbria View Care Services Ltd132
- Healthcare Homes Group Limited130
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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?
2,192 public sector organisations have awarded health and social care contracts since 2021. The most active are Bristol City Council (2143 contracts), NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (2025 contracts), NHS England (2001 contracts).
How much is a typical health and social care contract worth?
The median is £153k, across the 46,327 contracts of 52,115 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?
4,230 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.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Health and social care contracts in the UK public sector [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/contracts/health-and-social-care (Accessed: 7 November 2026).