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TENDERScottish Parliamentary Corporate Body · Auditor for Audit Scotland·Value TBC·Scotland
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TENDERLeicestershire County Council · Bespoke Bus Shelter- Melton Mowbray·£25k·Leicester
GRANTInnovate UK on behalf of the Department for… · Battery Innovation: Feasibility Studies Rd 3·£500k·National
TENDERStirling Council · EV Infrastructure Back Office·£315k·Scotland
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Sir James Knott Fund·Value TBC·North East
TENDEROffice of Rail and Road · ​​Independent review of ORR's approach to cost assessment and…·£100k·London
GRANTMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local… · Common Ground Award 2026-2027·£250k·England
TENDERHome Group · Housing Disrepair Legal Support Framework·£1.8M·North East
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · South West Investment Fund (SWIF)·Value TBC·South West
TCS

UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) 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: 2023-09-15 to 2026-09-15Updated 2026-09-15

£7.3bn

Total spend

963

Contract awards

339

Unique suppliers

£7.6M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) has awarded 963 contracts worth £7.3bn to 339 suppliers between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, at an average contract value of £7.6M, with the top five suppliers holding 28% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to The Common Services Agency (more commonl…

Top-five suppliers hold 28% of contract value — a moderately competitive market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Acumed Ltd11£605.0M
Abbott Medical U.K. Ltd14£464.8M
B Braun Medical Ltd23£365.2M
Mediq Healthcare UK Ltd (365 Healthcare)33£348.7M
STRYKER5£275.0M
B Braun Medical12£185.3M
Arthrex LTD10£183.8M
Boston Scientific6£164.0M
Becton Dickinson U.K. Limited30£142.1M
Sectra Ltd1£137.0M
Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited7£128.5M
Medscience Distribution Ltd14£127.9M
Vascular Perspectives Ltd6£126.0M
Applied Medical UK Ltd.6£111.8M
Adler Ortho UK Limited2£110.0M
Acandis GmbH5£108.5M
Classic Lifts (Scotland) Ltd12£108.0M
Aquilant Ltd4£101.0M
COOK (UK) LTD2£90.0M
Medtronic Limited4£88.6M

Procurement categories

What The Common Services Agency (more commonl… buys

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

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33
770 awards£6.4bn

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
41 awards£199.9M

Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

15
32 awards£74.5M

Repair and maintenance services

50
23 awards£193.9M

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

39
18 awards£41.6M

Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories

18
14 awards£118.1M

Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products

03
10 awards£21.0M

Health and social work services

85
9 awards£156.6M

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
8 awards£4.4M

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
5 awards£1.2M

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
4 awards£36.8M

Leather and textile fabrics, plastic and rubber materials

19
4 awards£4.0M

Industrial machinery

42
3 awards£634K

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
3 awards£5.4M

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
2 awards£1.0M

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

44
2 awards£312K

Postal and telecommunications services

64
2 awards£1.1M

Education and training services

80
1 award£342K

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

30
1 award£246K

Chemical products

24
1 award£16.8M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
1 award£0

Other community, social and personal services

98
1 award£315K

Installation services (except software)

51
1 award£160K

Financial and insurance services

66
1 award£528K

Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

60
1 award£280K

Recent contracts

Latest The Common Services Agency (more commonl… contracts awarded

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

Award of NSS15625 Autonomous robotic floor cleaning equipment

Nilfisk UK · 2026-12-03

£56K

Disposable Multipurpose Cleaning Cloths

Polyco Healthline · 2026-08-14

£1.2M

Floor Pads (for use with Rotary Floor Scrubbers up to 600rpm)

Alliance Disposables Ltd · 2026-08-14

£25K

Water Soluble Laundry Bags

Polyco Healthline · 2026-08-14

£550K

Disposable Aprons and Bibs

Polyco Healthline · 2026-08-14

£375K

Basins, Buckets and Pedal Bins

Alliance Disposables Ltd · 2026-08-14

£25K

Scouring Pads

Alliance Disposables Ltd · 2026-08-14

£25K

Compounded Aseptic Medicines

Baxter Healthcare Ltd · 2026-07-01

£10.3M

Compounded Aseptic Medicines

ITH Pharma Limited · 2026-07-01

£40.6M

Compounded Aseptic Medicines

ITH Pharma Limited · 2026-07-01

£23.4M

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Public Healthcare - Outsourcing DPS

Deadline: 2026-10-29

Public Healthcare - Outsourcing DPS

Deadline: 2026-10-29

Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (CPPA) - Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)

Deadline: 2030-07-31

£140.0M

Market analysis

Bidding into The Common Services Agency (more commonl… — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

54%

Awards to SMEs

28%

Top-5 supplier share

0%

Framework call-offs

Awards to social enterprises

Around 54% of The Common Services Agency (more commonl…’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to The Common Services Agency (more commonl…

How much does The Common Services Agency (more commonl… spend on procurement?

The Common Services Agency (more commonl… awarded 963 contracts totalling £7.3bn between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 339 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £7.6M.

Who are The Common Services Agency (more commonl…'s top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to The Common Services Agency (more commonl… by total award value are Acumed Ltd, Abbott Medical U.K. Ltd, B Braun Medical Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 28% of contract value.

What does The Common Services Agency (more commonl… buy from suppliers?

The Common Services Agency (more commonl…'s procurement is concentrated in medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, food, beverages, tobacco and related products, 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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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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