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)
Virus testing supplies
Provision of virus testing supplies to support the UK COVID-19 Testing Strategy
Supply services of medical personnel
Contract for the supply of services for resourcing and on-boarding volunteers and paid workers in connection with the provision of rapid testing services at rapid testing sites as
Test and trace change portfolio review
A review of the current portfolio of change initiatives/projects and provision of clear recommendations as well as options for development.
DHSC laboratory testing services
The Service will provide diagnostic (RT-PCR) testing for COVID-19 to the population as part of the urgent intervention in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic.
TTC programme establishment of CISO office
Resource to support the CISO in building a secure and resilient organisation that will be able to respond and recover from a cyber-attack, keep operating through it and eventually
HR operations
HR operations support incl. HR advice, processing of payroll related paperwork and queries, day to day management of the HR Operations Team mailbox(s), information and data managem
Perkin elmer - laboratory testing services agreement
Provision of testing services at dedicated laboratory facilities
Provision of outer packaging for test kits
Provision of outer packaging for test kits
Contract for the supply of goods related to testing for Covid-19
Supplies for a high-throughput quantitative serology method to identify people who have had COVID-19 and have developed antibodies. This will help provide a better understanding of
Provision of outer packaging for test kits
Provision of outer packaging for test kits
Provision of support to onboard lab capacity for winter plan
Provision of Support to Onboard Lab Capacity for Winter Plan
ANS group - provision of cloud solutions
Provision of Cloud Solutions
NHS test and trace - CTO QAT testing
Provision Of Testing Services
NHS test and trace service design
Provision of a Service Design team to assist the NHS with the Test and Trace programme.
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
Inner packaging for test kits
Hazardous bags for test kit returns, UN3373 compliant individual and bulk containers
Labs - inner packaging for test kits
Hazardous bags for test kit returns, UN3373 complaint individual and bulk containers.
Mobile testing units
For Purchase of Mobile Testing Units (Articulated)
Purchase of model LAC2 robotics enclosures
Purchase of Model LAC2 Robotics Enclosures from Bigneat Ltd to support the Coronavirus mass testing programme. To stand up mega labs there are substantial in-lab requirements - Cla
SARS-COV-2 antigen rapid qualitative test kits
Provision of Lateral Flow antigen test kits and associated consumables, to support the UK Covid-19 testing strategy. This contract was awarded in USD and has been published in GBP.