Buyer profile
Department of Health and Social Care
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Total contracts
831
Known spend
£13bn
813 disclosed
Average value
£16m
Per contract
Active suppliers
7
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
ROBERTSON BELL LTD
3 winslatest 14 Jul 2026£230,850
- 2
Oracle Corporation Uk Limited
1 winlatest 20 Aug 2026£1m
- 3
ATOS IT SERVICES UK LIMITED
1 winlatest 02 Jun 2026£1m
- 4
MILLS & REEVE LLP
1 winlatest 15 Jun 2026£250,000
- 5
Berkeley Square IT Ltd
1 winlatest 23 Sept 2026£81,795
- 6
EBSCO Information Services
1 winlatest 21 Jul 2026£21,233
- 7
TITUS LEARNING LTD.
1 winlatest 10 Jun 2026£6,310
What they buy
By CPV categoryMedical equipment & pharmaCPV 33
191 contracts · £5bn
Security & defenceCPV 35
171 contracts · £4bn
Business servicesCPV 79
112 contracts · £832m
IT servicesCPV 72
76 contracts · £70m
Health & social workCPV 85
40 contracts · £1bn
SoftwareCPV 48
40 contracts · £166m
Furniture & furnishingsCPV 39
33 contracts · £194m
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
23 contracts · £386m
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- DHSC: TD: HDRS Corporate technical specialist data services MR
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Apr 2027).
Apr 2027
40% confident
- DHSC: Fin: Interim Senior Financial Accountant
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Jun 2027).
Jun 2027
40% confident
- DHSC: Fin: Interim Financial Accountant
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Jun 2027).
Jun 2027
40% confident
- DHSC: Fin: Interim Financial Accountant
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 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 (831)
Sodium chloride 0.9% 5ml amps
Purchase of sodium chloride 0.9% 5ml amps
Virus testing supplies
Provision of virus testing supplies to support the UK COVID-19 Testing Strategy
Virus testing supplies
Provision of virus testing supplies to support the UK COVID-19 Testing Strategy.
Legal services C15102
For the provision of legal services to support DHSC's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sodium chloride 0.9% 5ml amps
Purchase of sodium chloride 0.9% 5ml amps Noting, that were three separate call off purchase orders from 3 November 2020 for delivery before 30 November 2020.
Legal services - C15101
For the provision of legal services to support DHSC's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
DHSC legal services C15089
For the provision of legal services to support DHSC's response to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Provision of wastewater sentinal monitoring trial
The Supplier shall provide services to undertake a wastewater Sentinel monitoring trial at selected locations to quantify the loading of the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 virus) in recov
Project jupiter core IT lab support
Provision of resources to support DHSC Test and Trace CTO Management Workstream for Project Jupiter core IT
App v2 development and operations
This contract covers the medically compliant design, development and nationwide operation of the NHS COVID-19 App and backend services, including the provision of experience design
Determine presence or absence of SARS CoV-2 via end point PCR
Provision of Nexar platforms (and required software) to determine the presence or absence of SARS CoV-2 via End Point-PCR from saliva samples.
Rapid testing services
Provision of labour to undertake assisted testing support at testing locations.
New testing technology validation
In support of the Mass Testing Programme, this contract is to procure a small batch of Coronavirus CoviTact saliva tests and DeNIRO near-infrared detectors to enable the Technical
IMS4: commercial & procurement from mozaic services (2)
IMS4: Commercial & Procurement from Mozaic Services (2)
Subscription for ISF
Membership for the Information Security Forum (ISF)
Cost and commercial management support
Provision of support to DHSC to benchmark and validate Construction Management resource profiles.
Rapid QR code development and build
The RUSH Team will license and redeploy the Rapid QR Generator component in its entirety for the UK, notwithstanding reconfiguring key flows for the UK context (e.g Address lookup,
COvid-19 antigen testing
Supply of SIM cards to support Covid-19 AntiGen Testing
Purchase of medical consumables
The purchase of medical consumables by the Department of Health and Social Care as part of the response to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom.
Purchase of ventilator consumables
The purchase of ventilator consumables by the Department of Health and Social Care as part of the response to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom.