Top suppliers
Top suppliers to NHSE
Top-five suppliers hold 73% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What NHSE buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
808579Recent contracts
Latest NHSE contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Psychological Professions Network North West
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust · 2024-11-14
£80K
Pre-Registration training- expanding and improving the quality of orthoptics
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL · 2024-10-14
£47K
Pre-Registration training- expanding and improving the quality of orthoptics
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON UCL · 2024-10-14
£47K
Pre-Registration training- expanding and improving the quality of orthoptics
THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · 2024-10-14
£47K
SHAPE Atlas Data Mapping
Parallel Data Intelligence Ltd · 2024-06-17
Outpatient Choice Survey Wave 3 and 4
IPSOS MORI UK LIMITED · 2024-06-17
Initiatives to increase recruitment to pancreatic cancer surveillance
Pancreatic Cancer UK · 2024-04-23
£106K
Personalised Care Face to Face Training
Health Coaching Academy Ltd · 2024-02-19
£80K
Bitesize Learning Courses
Bitesize Learning Limited · 2023-11-16
£20K
Multiyear strategic partnership between HIIP and RSM
Royal society of medicine · 2023-11-09
£90K
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Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, NHSE typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
Pre-Registration training- expanding and improving the quality of orthoptics
Expires: 2026-09-30
£47K
Pre-Registration training- expanding and improving the quality of orthoptics
Expires: 2026-09-30
£47K
Pre-Registration training- expanding and improving the quality of orthoptics
Expires: 2026-09-30
£47K
Market analysis
Bidding into NHSE — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
50%
Awards to SMEs
73%
Top-5 supplier share
22%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 50% of NHSE’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 22%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 NHSE
How much does NHSE spend on procurement?
NHSE awarded 11 contracts totalling £598K between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 11 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £66K.
Who are NHSE's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to NHSE by total award value are Pancreatic Cancer UK, Royal society of medicine, GP Update Ltd T/A Red Whale. The top five suppliers together hold 73% of contract value.
What does NHSE buy from suppliers?
NHSE's procurement is concentrated in education and training services, health and social work services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, 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
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- · Contracts Finder
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