Category
Medical equipment and pharmaceuticals contracts in the UK public sector
UK public sector buyers awarded 3,191 medical equipment and pharmaceuticals contracts in the last twelve months, with a median published value of £99k. 1,500 end in the next 18 months, 294 of them within three months.
Medical devices, diagnostic equipment, consumables and medicines, procured largely by NHS trusts and national bodies.
- 3,191
- Contracts, last 12 months
- 16,849
- Contracts since 2021
- 1,238
- Buyers active here
- £99k
- Median contract value
- 1,500
- 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
1,500 medical equipment and pharmaceuticals 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.
- 294
- within 3 months
- 656
- within 6 months
- 1,137
- within 12 months
- 1,500
- within 18 months
By year: medical equipment and pharmaceuticals ending in 2026 · medical equipment and pharmaceuticals ending in 2027 · medical equipment and pharmaceuticals ending in 2028 · medical equipment and pharmaceuticals ending in 2029
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Demand
Who buys medical equipment and pharmaceuticals
- NHS England1,575
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services ("NSS")) Scotland977
- EN:Procure Limited949
- The NHS Commissioning Board (operating under the name of NHS England)771
- Velindre NHS Trust, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership — Procurement Services (on behalf of All Wales LHB's and Trusts)476
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)473
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust351
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust350
- Procurement and Logistics Service343
- UK Health Security Agency318
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Common questions
Medical equipment and pharmaceuticals procurement, in short
Who buys medical equipment and pharmaceuticals in the UK public sector?
1,238 public sector organisations have awarded medical equipment and pharmaceuticals contracts since 2021. The most active are NHS England (1575 contracts), The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services ("NSS")) Scotland (977 contracts), EN:Procure Limited (949 contracts).
How much is a typical medical equipment and pharmaceuticals contract worth?
The median is £99k, across the 15,153 contracts of 16,849 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 medical equipment and pharmaceuticals contracts come up for renewal?
1,500 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 medical equipment and pharmaceuticals 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) Medical equipment and pharmaceuticals contracts in the UK public sector [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/contracts/medical-equipment-and-pharmaceuticals (Accessed: 7 November 2026).