Top suppliers
Top suppliers to NHS Supply Chain
Top-five suppliers hold 47% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What NHS Supply Chain buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
153303183139Recent contracts
Latest NHS Supply Chain contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Standalone Non-Imaging Vibration-Controlled Ultrasound System
Echosens UK Limited · 2025-02-21
£35.0M
Solent NHS Trust
Tiffin Sandwiches Ltd · 2025-02-14
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Johal Dairies · 2025-02-14
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS trust
Samworth Bros · 2025-02-10
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Johal Dairies · 2025-02-10
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tiffin Sandwiches Ltd · 2025-02-10
Medical Pulp June 2025
Moulded Fibre Products Limited · 2025-01-31
£19.6M
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
TPB Foods Limited · 2025-01-30
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Fresh Direct · 2025-01-26
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
West Country Milk · 2025-01-23
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Most of it is in medical & pharma, food & beverages and clothing & textiles.
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Inviting bids today
15
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28
frameworks running
Routes to sell here without a full tender
31
tender packs read
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Market analysis
Bidding into NHS Supply Chain — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
87%
Awards to SMEs
47%
Top-5 supplier share
2%
Framework call-offs
65
Awards to social enterprises
Around 87% of NHS Supply Chain’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 65 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to NHS Supply Chain
How much does NHS Supply Chain spend on procurement?
NHS Supply Chain awarded 199 contracts totalling £5.5bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 100 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £68.3M.
Who are NHS Supply Chain's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to NHS Supply Chain by total award value are A.Algeo Limited, CMR Surgical Limited, All Seasons Foods. The top five suppliers together hold 47% of contract value.
What does NHS Supply Chain buy from suppliers?
NHS Supply Chain's procurement is concentrated in food, beverages, tobacco and related products, medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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GUIDE
PQQ & Selection Questionnaire — Procurement Act 2023
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SECTOR
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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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