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)
DHSC T&T mobilisation
The creation and delivery of a programme structure and methodology to underpin the Test and Trace data platform delivery
Provision of testing services
COVID-19 Track and Trace Application Testing
Provision of testing services
The overall requirement is to test and quality assure the app releases, as they are made available by the development team.
Biodot ltd
Purchase of automated LFT Reel to Reel Dispensing and Lamination Equipment
SARS-COV-2 antigen rapid qualitative test kits
Provision of Lateral Flow test kits and associated consumables.
Coronavirus AG rapid test cassette (swab)
Contract for Lateral Flow kits and consumables
Provision of language services
The Customer will be releasing the Test & Trace app in the coming weeks. The app will be available in 11 additional community languages in the UK, including Arabic, Bengali, Chines
Provision of language services
The supplier will provide Assurance review of the Translations provided as inputs to the Customer Build team to ensure quality of language translations of the NHS Track and Trace a
Enterprise - provision of van for hire
Provision of mobile laboratory van for hire to support pilot of mobile testing technology
CAS- purchase of robotic class II microbiological safety cabinets
Purchase of Robotic Class II Microbiological Safety Cabinets from Contained Air Solutions Limited to support Coronavirus mass testing. There are in-lab requirements - Class II cabi
Accora - laboratory testing services
Provision of laboratory testing services including the provision of the laboratory facilities, testing equipment, consumables and personnel for performance of diagnostic (RT-PCR) t
Pillar 2 supply chain & logistics (mass testing)
Inform and support the scale up of mass testing, co-ordinate bodies and organisations from various sectors, provide supply chain and logistics insight into third party logistics pr
Recruitment agency for app user testing
Recruitment of Participants for UX Research relating to the COVID 19 version 2 Tracing App
Randox laboratories ltd testing services
Provision of services to support the UK Covid-19 Testing Strategy
Origin packaging ltd - supply of saline filled tubes and funnels
Supply of saline filled tubes and funnels for COVID-19 Testing
Provision of palantir foundry services
Provision of data management platform services
Supply of early adopters qualitative research
The purpose of the research is to understand the experience of the NHS Covid-19 app amongst those invited to use the app during an 'early adopter' period.
Kuehne & nagel ltd - warehouse, logistics & kitting services
The provision of warehousing, packing and transport services including the distribution and assembly of Covid-19 test kits and associated consumables.
Legal services C15087
For the provision of legal advice and services to support DHSC's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Provision of abbott panbio covid 19 antigen rapid test devices
Abbott Pan Bio test kits to support the UK Covid-19 testing strategy and to enable mass testing for C-19 through rapid testing and to supplement diagnostics capacity