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Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£626.6M

Total spend

410

Contract awards

276

Unique suppliers

£1.6M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Department of Health and Social Care has awarded 410 contracts worth £626.6M to 276 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £1.6M, with the top five suppliers holding 47% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Department of Health and Social Care

Top-five suppliers hold 47% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON3£89.2M
EMCOR GROUP (UK) PLC1£77.5M
IPSOS Mori1£52.5M
LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST1£41.4M
Skills for Care Ltd5£33.1M
Sepura Ltd1£31.9M
The NHS Confederation2£23.3M
Improvement & Development Agency For Local Government5£21.0M
BMJ Publishing Group Limited1£19.0M
ACCENTURE (UK) LIMITED2£15.9M
Improvement and Development Agency For Local Government3£15.3M
LGC LIMITED1£11.6M
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION3£10.4M
Burges Salmon LLP2£10.0M
COGNIZANT WORLDWIDE LIMITED2£10.0M
KAINOS SOFTWARE LIMITED1£9.4M
Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited1£7.5M
Social Finance Limited3£6.3M
PA CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED8£6.2M
Donna Ockenden Limited1£6.0M

Procurement categories

What Department of Health and Social Care buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
170 awards£191.3M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
67 awards£51.7M

Health and social work services

85
64 awards£134.9M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
25 awards£148.8M

Education and training services

80
16 awards£13.2M

Administration, defence and social security services

75
10 awards£25.1M

Software package and information systems

48
9 awards£2.6M

Printed matter and related products

22
7 awards£133K

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33
5 awards£1.7M

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32
4 awards£33.1M

Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

44
4 awards£103K

Financial and insurance services

66
4 awards£50K

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
4 awards£2.2M

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
3 awards£2.1M

Postal and telecommunications services

64
3 awards£3.2M

Other community, social and personal services

98
3 awards£344K

Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

39
2 awards£400K

Repair and maintenance services

50
2 awards£120K

Public utilities

65
2 awards£279K

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
1 award£100K

Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

55
1 award£4.0M

Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

60
1 award£3.4M

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
1 award£7.5M

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
1 award£167K

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92
1 award£14K

Recent contracts

Latest Department of Health and Social Care contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

DHSC: ISF Cyber AVA

MODUX LIMITED · 2026-11-06

£24K

DHSC:GPH: Intermediate Care Pathway For Rough Sleepers (Mildmay) 2026-27

Mildmay Hospital Ltd · 2026-11-03

£596K

DHSC: WIST: MEDS Record Preservation Contract (FY 2026 - 2027)

Preservica Ltd · 2026-10-27

£233K

DHSC : Adult Social Care Carterwood Data 2026

CARTERWOOD LIMITED · 2026-10-21

£10K

Website and hosting for the Potter Inquiry into mental health services at TEWV NHS Foundation Trust

Mixd · 2026-10-21

£37K

DHSC: Independent Review, Mental Health - External Communications Support

Hanbury Strategy · 2026-10-20

£45K

DHSC: Sussex Review: Evidence Management Solution

ANEXSYS LIMITED · 2026-10-19

£317K

DHSC:TDD: Technology, Digital and Data (TDD) Operating Model Sprint

GUIDEHOUSE EUROPE LIMITED · 2026-10-08

£1.2M

DHSC: Adult Social Care Valuing Care Data 2026

Valuing Care Ltd · 2026-10-06

£10K

DHSC_DfL National Reduce and Reuse MedTech Products Campaigns 2026

UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX · 2026-10-04

£463K

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What Department of Health and Social Care has coming up

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1

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Inviting bids today

68

contracts ending in 12 months

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45

planned procurements

Work this buyer has said it intends to tender

2

frameworks running

Routes to sell here without a full tender

2

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Market analysis

Bidding into Department of Health and Social Care — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

39%

Awards to SMEs

47%

Top-5 supplier share

36%

Framework call-offs

28

Awards to social enterprises

Around 39% of Department of Health and Social Care’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 28 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 36%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Department of Health and Social Care

How much does Department of Health and Social Care spend on procurement?

Department of Health and Social Care awarded 410 contracts totalling £626.6M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 276 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.6M.

Who are Department of Health and Social Care's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Department of Health and Social Care by total award value are UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, EMCOR GROUP (UK) PLC, IPSOS Mori. The top five suppliers together hold 47% of contract value.

What does Department of Health and Social Care buy from suppliers?

Department of Health and Social Care's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, health and social work services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

How can my business bid for Department of Health and Social Care contracts?

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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