NHS Highland contracts, tenders & suppliers

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to NHS Highland

Top-five suppliers hold 56% of contract value — a concentrated market.

Supplier	Awards	Total value
Advocacy Highland	2	£18.3M
Thurso & Halkirk Medical Practice	2	£10.5M
The Bute Practice	3	£7.1M
Lorn Medical Practice and Mull and Iona Medical Group	3	£6.5M
Islay Medical Practice	5	£5.7M
Campbeltown Medical Practice	3	£5.0M
Lochgilphead Medical Centre	3	£4.8M
Connecting Carers	2	£4.6M
Ash Healthcare Ltd	2	£3.2M
Change Mental Health	2	£2.8M
Nairn Healthcare Group	2	£2.6M
Highland Groundcare Ltd	4	£2.1M
Change Mental Health Ltd	1	£1.6M
Loganair Limited	3	£1.6M
We Are With You	2	£1.6M
Tiree Medical practice	2	£863K
Aviemore Medical Practice	1	£818K
Colonsay Medical Practice	2	£726K
Taylor and Fraser	2	£550K
Partners in Advocacy	1	£549K

Procurement categories

What NHS Highland buys

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

Health and social work services

85

41 awards£77.5M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71

7 awards£1.0M

Repair and maintenance services

50

5 awards£394K

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

77

4 awards£2.1M

Education and training services

80

3 awards£333K

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63

3 awards£1.6M

Other community, social and personal services

98

3 awards£0

Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

60

2 awards£939K

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

79

2 awards£394K

Financial and insurance services

66

1 award£188K

Administration, defence and social security services

75

1 award£549K

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33

1 award£0

Industrial machinery

42

1 award£405K

Recent contracts

Latest NHS Highland contracts awarded

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

Patient Lifting Equipment Servicing, Maintenance and Inspection Services (Lot2)

Arjo UK Ltd · 2026-08-12

£30K

HH387-26-TW10 Community Led Support (ASC)

National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) · 2026-07-28

£250K

Bi-annual Thorough Examinations LOLER

WH Scott & Son (Engineers) Ltd · 2026-07-09

Annual PPM Servicing & Maintenance PUWER

Arjo UK Ltd · 2026-07-09

Waking Night Responder Service (WNRS)

Eildon Ltd · 2026-06-23

Inverness Overnight Service (SOS)

Castle Care (Scotland)Ltd · 2026-06-23

Inverness Enhanced Responder Service (ERS)

Gateway - Highland Homeless Trust · 2026-06-23

HH169-26-TW07 Advocacy Services for Adults with Drug and Alcohol use problems (A&B)

Lomond & Argyll Advocacy Service · 2026-06-09

HH375-26-TW04 Dunbar Community Hospital and MIU Medical Cover

Thurso & Halkirk Medical Practice · 2026-06-09

Out of Hours Medical Service for Isle of Jura during October to March period

Jura Medical Practice · 2026-06-01

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HH065-25-HB Medical Services HMP Highland

Deadline: 2026-09-28

£720K

Market analysis

Bidding into NHS Highland — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

64%

Awards to SMEs

56%

Top-5 supplier share

Framework call-offs

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Awards to social enterprises

Around 64% of NHS Highland’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to NHS Highland

How much does NHS Highland spend on procurement?

NHS Highland awarded 74 contracts totalling £85.4M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 43 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.4M.

Who are NHS Highland's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to NHS Highland by total award value are Advocacy Highland, Thurso & Halkirk Medical Practice, The Bute Practice. The top five suppliers together hold 56% of contract value.

What does NHS Highland buy from suppliers?

NHS Highland's procurement is concentrated in health and social work services, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, repair and maintenance services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15

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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