Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency

How to win their contracts

Measured from Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 29 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 65 of their tenders.
• They publish about 10.3 tenders a month, measured over 57 months of history.
• Half of their 121 awarded contracts are worth £144.8k or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.
• Their most frequent suppliers are Porton Biopharma Limited (6), PHOENIX DOSIMETRY LTD (5), Mabtech AB (5) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.