NHS Supply Chain: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

NHS Supply Chain has published 168 tenders in United Kingdom.

1 is open for bids as of 29 September 2026.

Its buying spans 15 CPV divisions, most often medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products.

Across 57 awarded contracts the median value is £47.6m.

Its published awards total £28.5bn.

How to win their contracts

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

Plan for about 35 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 45 of their tenders.
They publish about 3.0 tenders a month, measured over 55 months of history.
Half of their 57 awarded contracts are worth £47.6m 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, food, beverages, tobacco and related products.
Their most frequent suppliers are B. Braun Medical Limited (2), Acime UK Ltd (2), West Country Milk (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Total Orthopaedic Solutions 3 (TOS3) (FaT)	3D Metal Printing Ltd	4 July 2023	£2.1bn
T5R15 Aids for Daily Living	Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Ltd	25 June 2023	£0
Blood Culture Collection Systems	Iskus Health UK Limited	22 June 2023	£5m
Blood Culture Collection Systems	Iskus Health UK Limited	22 June 2023	£5m
Medical Chart Paper and Ultrasound Film	SISK Healthcare UK Ltd Trading as Cardiac Services	19 June 2023	£5.3m
Clinical and Sharps Waste Management	Frontier Plastics Ltd	7 June 2023	£69.8m