Buyer profile
Department of Health & Social Care
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Total contracts
165
Known spend
£1bn
136 disclosed
Average value
£8m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
People Asset Management Limited
4 winslatest 09 Jun 2026£3m
- 2
YouGov Plc
4 winslatest 04 Sept 2026£90,020
- 3
Improvement and Development Agency For Local Government
3 winslatest 17 Aug 2026£16m
- 4
Improvement & Development Agency For Local Government
£11m
- 5
Yorkshire Water Limited
£329,850
- 6
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED T/A Fortia Insight
3 winslatest 20 Jul 2026£169,023
- 7
Terrence Higgins Trust
£5m
- 8
BJSS LIMITED
2 winslatest 04 Jul 2025£4m
- 9
University of Sussex
£546,773
- 10
IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD
2 winslatest 15 Jul 2026£327,820
What they buy
By CPV categoryBusiness servicesCPV 79
11 contracts · £95m
R&D servicesCPV 73
10 contracts · £102m
Security & defenceCPV 35
6 contracts · £212m
IT servicesCPV 72
6 contracts · £6m
Health & social workCPV 85
5 contracts · £10m
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
3 contracts · £102m
Construction materialsCPV 44
3 contracts · £5m
Medical equipment & pharmaCPV 33
2 contracts · £149m
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (165)
Market engagement for transdermal capillary blood sampling solutions
This market engagement aims to understand the range of venous‑equivalent transdermal capillary blood sampling devices available to support a shift of diagnostic activity into commu
Analysis & data to support an updated report - 10YP changes in food purchasing
Direct award to Worldpanel for existing data. The key objective is to obtain an additional extract of barcode data from Worldpanel to link robust nutrition (Acuity) and sales (Worl
Analysis & data to support an updated report - 10YP changes in food purchasing
Direct award to Worldpanel for existing data. • DHSC’s published food purchasing report utilised data and analyses provided by Numerator UK (formerly Kantar Worldpanel) who were co
DHSC: SCI: adult gender services waiting list – wellbeing pilot (southwest) 2026
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is seeking to commission an external provider to deliver a pilot "waiting well" service, designed to offer accessible, non-clinical
DHSC: PCP: national HIV programme 2026-2029
The Department of Health and Social Care has entered into a contract for the deliver of the National HIV Prevention (England) Programme for the next 3 financial years 2026/27, 2027
OLS: respiratory disease strategic partnership
This general information notice is published to provide information about how the Office for Life Sciences (OLS), on behalf of the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), wil
Fit-testing solutions - early market engagement
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is looking to engage stakeholders to explore how the UK can strengthen capacity for respirator fit testing across health and adult s
DHSC: SC&I: dfl decontamination demand modelling
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Scottish Government, Directorate for Health and Social Care (SG) are commissioning professional services to design and deliv
DHSC - BHD prevention and leadership training
Bullying, harassment and discrimination (BHD) training and targeted G6/7 leadership training.
National maternity and neonatal investigation – workforce survey
National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation – Workforce Survey - Translation and Language service
De-risking the uk's antibiotic supply chain 2026
Delivery of research and insight into the UK's antibiotic supply chain with a final report. The report will provide insight into antibiotic supply chains, with particular attention
Women's health market engagement
In March 2026, to support the renewal of England’s women’s health strategy, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is exploring collaboration opportunities with stakeholde
DHSC: OHID: director of public health (dsph) mentoring support (2025-28)
The provision of mentorship support services for new-in-post and interim Directors of Public Health (DsPH) in England. The Supplier will coordinate the mentoring of up to 60 new Ds
DHSC: GPH: infant feeding survey – additional analysis/archive 2025
Following the completion of the Infant Feeding Survey (dated 29/03/2022 – 30/06/2025), which was completed under the contract reference: C74255 and upon review by DHSC, the Buyer n
Counselling, trauma and emotional support maternity investigation 25
Counselling, Trauma and Emotional Support to affected families and individuals during the National Maternity Unit Investigation. This service is intended to be available for: · Fam
Dhsc:gph: intermediate care pathway for rough sleepers 2026
The service will deliver direct access to specialist inpatient intermediate care beds for people who are experiencing rough sleeping with a range of health needs, including drug an
Maternity and neonatal taskforce -emotional support 2026-27
Emotional support for families participating in the Maternity and Neonatal Investigation Taskforce . . Families engaging with the Taskforce are at risk of experiencing emotional di
DHSC: re-procurement of employers' organisation services contract
This contract is to support workforce policy development within DHSC across the NHS in England This Contract will consist of 8 work programmes covering workforce policy which will
DHSC: FGO: simplify & deliver – recruitment process improvement support
The Simplify and Deliver programme aims to improve how our department operates in order to become more effective. Ministers, the Permanent Secretary and our own staff have cited th
Independent sector collaboration in diagnostic service transformation
This market engagement is an opportunity to understand the IS offer so that we can inspire systems and trusts to work in partnership to achieve elective recovery and enable the amb