Buyer profile
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
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Total contracts
413
Known spend
£4bn
406 disclosed
Average value
£10m
Per contract
Active suppliers
3
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Dun & Bradstreet Limited
1 winlatest 24 Jun 2026£266,961
- 2
Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services LLP
1 winlatest 26 Jun 2026£216,540
- 3
Florence Nightingale Foundation
1 winlatest 25 Aug 2026£24,818
What they buy
By CPV categoryBusiness servicesCPV 79
151 contracts · £276m
Travel & freightCPV 63
65 contracts · £256m
Security & defenceCPV 35
63 contracts · £1bn
Medical equipment & pharmaCPV 33
55 contracts · £2bn
IT servicesCPV 72
23 contracts · £51m
R&D servicesCPV 73
15 contracts · £22m
SoftwareCPV 48
9 contracts · £908,464
Health & social workCPV 85
6 contracts · £38m
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- Hugh's Report-MH Impact of Life-threatening Child Illness on families 2026
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (12 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Jun 2027).
Jun 2027
40% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (413)
Virgin atlantic
VIRGIN PVG OCT
Virgin atlantic
VIRGIN PVG SEP
Virgin atlantic
VIRGIN PVG AUG
Virgin atlantic
The provision of freight services for the supply of Personal Protective Equipment and medical equipment
Virgin atlantic
VIRGIN PVG JUL VS621
Virgin atlantic
VIRGIN PEK JUL
Virgin atlantic
VIRGIN PEK JUN
Laptops for user testing
Laptops for user testing
Virgin atlantic
VIRGIN PVG JUL VS251
Virgin atlantic
Flights ex China for PPE
Virgin atlantic
The provision of freight services for the supply of personal protective equipment medical equipment
Virgin atlantic
The provision of freight services for the supply of Personal Protection Equipment and medical equipment
Virgin atlantic
The provision of freight services for the supply of Personal Protective Equipment and medical equipment
British airways
SCA/PVG/DHSC/002
British airways
SCA/PEK/DHSC/004A
British airways
SCA/PEK/DHSC/003
British airways
SCA/PEK/DHSC/002
British airways
SCA/PVG/DHSC/005
Commercial group operating model
Published for transparency: DHSC has commissioned a supplier to support the design of the future operating model for the Commercial Group.
British airways
SCA/CHA/DHSC/006