Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products contracts in Scotland
7 live and 211 total public-sector opportunities matched to CPV 33000000 in Scotland.
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Procuring medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Scotland
This page tracks public-sector demand for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (CPV 33000000) published by contracting authorities in Scotland. Tendarix has indexed 211 matching contracts here, 7 of which are open for bids right now.
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.
Scotland runs its own procurement regime: the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act rather than the Procurement Act 2023, with all public notices published on Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). Thirty-two councils, NHS Scotland boards, Scottish Government directorates and agencies like Scottish Procurement and Scotland Excel (the councils' centre of expertise) structure the market, with national frameworks covering many common categories.
Notices are aggregated from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council procurement sites, then summarised in plain English. Suppliers working in Scotland use the chart below to gauge how active this category is month-to-month, and the list to find live opportunities to bid on.
Procurement activity over the last 12 months
133 contracts worth £2.1b in disclosed value were published for Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Scotland in the last year. Bars show monthly contract volume; the line tracks known award value.
Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products opportunities in Scotland
Dental Implants, Digital Services & Associated Products
NP93827 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine
£19000kWomens Health
£3500kSingle Use Podiatry Instruments
£2000kEvacuated Blood Collection Systems
£20000kNP47926 Biologic, Biosimilar’s and Methotrexate Injections
£334866kPURCH3013 Provision of Contract Agreement for Manufacture of Investigational Medicinal Products for a Clinical Trial
Frequently asked questions
How many Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products tenders are live in Scotland?
There are 7 live Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products opportunities in Scotland right now, out of 211 indexed in total. This page updates daily as buyers publish new notices.
Who buys Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Scotland?
The most active buyers in Scotland for this category on Tendarix include The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS), The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland), University Of Edinburgh. 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.
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 do I win Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products contracts in Scotland?
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. Register on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender — nothing Scottish reaches English portals reliably. Scottish policy emphasises community benefits (their social-value equivalent), fair work practices (real Living Wage, no inappropriate zero-hours) and SME access through lotting; Scotland Excel frameworks are the route into council goods and care markets, and Quick Quotes on PCS distribute sub-threshold work to registered suppliers only.
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