CPV 33000000
Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products — UK government contracts
765
Contracts indexed
£24.3b
Known total value
What UK government contracts fall under CPV 33000000?
Division 33 covers medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and personal care products — from imaging machines and hospital beds to dressings, drugs and incontinence products. It is consistently one of the highest-value CPV divisions in UK procurement.
NHS trusts and integrated care boards dominate, buying directly and through NHS Supply Chain framework towers. Councils buy community equipment (daily living aids, telecare peripherals) and care providers' equipment; hospices and prisons also appear.
Tendarix indexes 765 contracts in this category from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council procurement sites, each with a plain-English AI summary.
Procurement activity over the last 12 months
478 contracts worth £10.5b in disclosed value were published for Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (CPV 33000000) in the last year. Bars show monthly contract volume; the line tracks known award value.
Recent tenders
Multimodal Imaging Platform Procurement
£82kBCU-DCO-64063 - REPLACEMENT WIRELESS DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY DETECTORS
£37kBCU-DCO-63769 - ENDOSCOPY SCOPES AND STACKS - PHASE 2 INC. DRYING CABINET
£37kNP93827 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine
£19000kNP93827 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine
£19000kPOW-DCO-63523- Anti-Ligature Beds
£11kMedical Ward Equipment
£1696kWomens Health
£3500kCentral Venous Catheters
£13000kWomens Health
£3500kSingle Use Podiatry Instruments
£2000kSupply of Panther instrument system
£0kSingle Use Podiatry Instruments
£2000kHigh Value Laboratory Equipment
Provision of Pharmaceutical Products
£1388kPurchase of Reagents
£323kVital Signs Monitors and Associated Equipment
£20259kEcho Scans Additional Services
£324kGeneral Building and Repair Works Framework
£3960kAll-Wales Continence Products
£8483kHow to win medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products tenders
Most consumables flow through NHS Supply Chain — securing a place on the relevant tower is a business-development project in itself, so target direct trust tenders for capital equipment and community equipment DPS routes in parallel. MHRA registration, UKCA/CE marking and clinical evaluation evidence are gate criteria; managed equipment services (uptime-based pricing, training, planned replacement) score better than box-shifting.
Frequently asked questions
What does CPV code 33000000 cover?
Division 33 covers medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and personal care products — from imaging machines and hospital beds to dressings, drugs and incontinence products. It is consistently one of the highest-value CPV divisions in UK procurement.
How many Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products contracts are published in the UK?
Tendarix has indexed 765 UK public-sector contracts in this category from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council websites, with a combined known value of £24.3bn. New notices are added daily as buyers publish them.
Who buys Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the public sector?
Recent buyers on Tendarix include The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS), East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust). NHS trusts and integrated care boards dominate, buying directly and through NHS Supply Chain framework towers. Councils buy community equipment (daily living aids, telecare peripherals) and care providers' equipment; hospices and prisons also appear.
How do I win Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products tenders?
Most consumables flow through NHS Supply Chain — securing a place on the relevant tower is a business-development project in itself, so target direct trust tenders for capital equipment and community equipment DPS routes in parallel. MHRA registration, UKCA/CE marking and clinical evaluation evidence are gate criteria; managed equipment services (uptime-based pricing, training, planned replacement) score better than box-shifting.