NHS Lothian: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

NHS Lothian has published 40 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 8 CPV divisions, most often medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products.

Across 17 awarded contracts the median value is £472.2k.

Its published awards total £18.9m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from NHS Lothian's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 32 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 17 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.7 tenders a month, measured over 57 months of history.
Half of their 17 awarded contracts are worth £472.2k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, health and social work services, repair and maintenance services.
Their most frequent suppliers are Abbott Laboratories Ltd (3), JLCom Limited (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
NHS Lothian Term Contract for Electrical Engineering 2022	JLCom Limited	28 March 2022	£840k
Provision and Installation of Ironer Lines at St John's Hosp...	Thomas Broadbent & Sons Ltd	26 January 2022	£571k
NHS Lothian Blackridge Medical Practice	Armadale Group Practice	6 January 2022	£2.7m
NHS Lothian – Dental Equipment & Dental Cabinetry	Wright Cottrell	10 August 2021	£130.1k
Core Molecular Testing	Abbott Laboratories Ltd	31 May 2021	£3.5m
Fuse Board Inspections at St John's Hospital, Livingston	JLCom Limited	17 May 2021	£150k

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
Abbott Laboratories Ltd	3	£7.2m
JLCom Limited	2	£990k