Category
Medical equipment and pharmaceuticals contracts in the UK public sector
Medical devices, diagnostic equipment, consumables and medicines, procured largely by NHS trusts and national bodies.
- 913
- Contracts, last 12 months
- 3,150
- Contracts since 2021
- 537
- Buyers active here
- £105k
- Median contract value
- 693
- 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
693 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.
Demand
Who buys medical equipment and pharmaceuticals
- 01Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust211
- 02Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust178
- 03Partners Procurement Service (PPS)174
- 04UK Health Security Agency156
- 05Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust125
- 06The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust94
- 07United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust DO NOT USE78
- 08Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust77
- 09Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust70
- 10West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust59
Supply
Who wins this work
- 01NHS SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED (NHSSC - SCCL)115
- 02Medtronic LTD68
- 03Stryker UK LTD67
- 04Philips Electronics UK LTD53
- 05GE Medical Systems Limited52
- 06B Braun MEDICAL LTD37
- 07Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited36
- 08Supply Chain Coordination LTD35
- 09Johnson & Johnson Medical Limited34
- 10KARL STORZ Endoscopy (UK) Limited33
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Working in CPV codes? Medical equipment and pharmaceuticals is CPV division 33, with every code beneath it and how often UK buyers use each one.
Common questions
Medical equipment and pharmaceuticals procurement, in short
Who buys medical equipment and pharmaceuticals in the UK public sector?
537 public sector organisations have awarded medical equipment and pharmaceuticals contracts since 2021. The most active are Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (211 contracts), Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (178 contracts), Partners Procurement Service (PPS) (174 contracts).
How much is a typical medical equipment and pharmaceuticals contract worth?
The median is £105k, across the 3,102 contracts of 3,150 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?
693 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.