The NHS Commissioning Board (operating under the name of NHS England): tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

The NHS Commissioning Board (operating under the name of NHS England) has published 80 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 7 CPV divisions, most often medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products.

Across 29 awarded contracts the median value is £67.

Its published awards total £14.3bn.

How to win their contracts

Measured from The NHS Commissioning Board (operating under the name of NHS England)'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 36 of their tenders.
They publish about 5.1 tenders a month, measured over 16 months of history.
Half of their 29 awarded contracts are worth £67 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, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support.
Their most frequent suppliers are Accord-UK Ltd (3), Octapharma Limited (2), Abbvie Ltd (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Implementation of GP referral pathway to NHS CPCS	Primary Care Commissioning Community Interest Company (PCC CIC)	25 April 2022	£1.3m
PMO Support for the Cancer Healthcare and AI in Health and C...	LGC Limited	18 February 2022	£1.4m
NHS Framework for the North of England, Branded Medicine	Biogen	7 February 2022	£40
NHS Framework for Midlands and East, Branded Medicines – Tra...	Allergan	7 February 2022	£39
NHS National Generic Pharmaceuticals Wave 13	Martindale Pharma	30 December 2021	£192
Targeted Lung Health Check Programme: External Quality Assur...	University of Nottingham	22 November 2021	£885.7k