NHS National Services Scotland: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

NHS National Services Scotland has published 42 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 9 CPV divisions, most often medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products.

Across 26 awarded contracts the median value is £1.2m.

Its published awards total £1.8bn.

How to win their contracts

Measured from NHS National Services Scotland's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 41 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 6 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.7 tenders a month, measured over 59 months of history.
Half of their 26 awarded contracts are worth £1.2m or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, food, beverages, tobacco and related products.
Their most frequent suppliers are apetito Limited (2), Berry Bpi (2), Cyted Ltd (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
NHS National Services Scotland Vehicle Maintenance	Graycoll Truck and Trailer Ltd	3 August 2023	£1.3m
Temporary Agency Allied Health Professionals & Other Clinica...	Allied and Clinical Recruitments	12 April 2023	£33m
NP65523 Waste Bags	Berry Bpi	20 March 2023	£2.3m
SG Near Time Data Discovery	Capgemini	23 February 2023	£59.5k
ITU Haemofiltration	Nikkiso Belgium BV	29 December 2022	£6.6m
Temporary Agency Medical Locum Doctors	Arevna Limited	30 September 2022	£270m