Top suppliers
Top suppliers to NHS England
Top-five suppliers hold 30% of contract value — a moderately competitive market.
Procurement categories
What NHS England buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
Health services
85100000Business and management consultancy
79410000Software-related services
72260000Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals & personal care
33000000Research and development services
73000000IT services: consulting & development
72000000Pharmaceutical products
33600000Staff training services
80570000Recent contracts
Latest NHS England contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Elective recovery digital platform & analytics services
Palantir Technologies UK Ltd · 2026-02-14
£330.0M
Community pharmacy IT modernisation framework
Cegedim Healthcare Solutions · 2026-01-22
£89.4M
NHS workforce planning and demand modelling services
PA Consulting Services Ltd · 2025-11-30
£24.6M
Patient data interoperability platform — Phase 2
InterSystems Corporation Ltd · 2025-10-15
£76.2M
Mental health digital therapy expansion framework
SilverCloud Health Ltd · 2025-09-08
£33.5M
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Open opportunities
Open NHS England tenders
Tenders currently inviting bids. SMEs can respond via the official tender portal.
Integrated Care Board analytics & insight framework
FrameworkDeadline: 2026-05-30
£240.0M
NHS cyber security managed services
Deadline: 2026-05-15
£165.0M
Clinical communications Dynamic Purchasing System
DPSDeadline: 2026-06-20
£95.0M
Genomic data analysis pipeline — bioinformatics services
Deadline: 2026-05-08
£42.0M
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, NHS England typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
NHS Spine — core national IT platform support
Expires: 2026-09-30
£480.0M
Summary Care Record application maintenance
Expires: 2026-07-31
£32.0M
Electronic Prescription Service hosting and support
Expires: 2026-11-30
£24.0M
NHS 111 clinical triage software
Expires: 2026-12-31
£18.5M
National screening programme IT systems
Expires: 2026-08-31
£12.4M
Market analysis
Bidding into NHS England — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
30%
Top-5 supplier share
38d
Avg response window
30d
Median response window
36mo
Avg contract duration
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to NHS England
How much does NHS England spend on procurement?
NHS England awarded 1,247 contracts totalling £1.8bn between 2023-04-01 and 2026-03-31, working with 894 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.5M.
Who are NHS England's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to NHS England by total award value are Serco Health Ltd, Capita Business Services Ltd, PA Consulting Services Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 30% of contract value.
What does NHS England buy from suppliers?
NHS England's procurement is concentrated in health services, business and management consultancy, software-related services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
How can my business bid for NHS England contracts?
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What's the typical response window for NHS England tenders?
NHS England typically gives suppliers a median of 30 days to respond (average 38 days). Standard contract duration is around 36 months.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-03-31
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 Service (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
- · Contracts Finder (contractsfinder.service.gov.uk)
- · NHS England transparency publications (england.nhs.uk)
- · NHS Supply Chain framework data
- · Department metadata: www.england.nhs.uk/
Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.