NHS & Healthcare Contract Awards

About NHS & Healthcare Procurement

The NHS is one of the largest public sector buyers in the world, spending over £30 billion annually on goods and services from external suppliers. Every contract award above certain thresholds must be published as a public notice, creating a transparent record of which suppliers are winning NHS and health sector business.

Healthcare contract awards cover a wide range of spend: clinical consumables, medical equipment, facilities management, IT systems, professional services, diagnostic services, pharmaceutical supply, workforce solutions and more. These notices are published on Contracts Finder and, for higher-value contracts, on Find a Tender — both of which TenderResults aggregates daily.

Whether you are a supplier researching which competitors are winning NHS contracts, a journalist tracking health procurement trends, or a procurement professional benchmarking your authority's spend, TenderResults gives you a free, searchable view of the public record.

Who publishes healthcare contract awards?

NHS contract award notices come from NHS England, NHS integrated care boards (ICBs), NHS trusts and foundation trusts, NHS Supply Chain, NHS Shared Business Services, Public Health England successors (UKHSA and OHID), and other arm's-length bodies. Local authorities also publish healthcare-related awards for adult social care, mental health commissioning, and public health contracts.

Key procurement frameworks in NHS

Many NHS contracts are awarded via national frameworks managed by NHS Supply Chain, Crown Commercial Service, and NHSBT. While framework call-off contracts may not always generate individual award notices, higher-value procurements and direct awards above thresholds will appear in the public record and are included in TenderResults.

Recent NHS & Healthcare Contract Examples

Representative examples of the type of healthcare contracts published on official portals. Search live data →

Title	Buyer	Supplier	Value
Electronic Patient Record System	NHS Trust	System C & Graphnet	£18M
Radiology Information System	NHS Foundation Trust	Sectra AB	£4.2M
Facilities Management Services	Integrated Care Board	ISS Healthcare	£22M
Medical Consumables Supply	NHS Supply Chain	Cardinal Health	£11M
Community Mental Health Services	London Borough Council	Mind	£3.8M

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do NHS contract awards come from?

NHS contract award notices are published on Contracts Finder (for contracts above £12,000) and Find a Tender (for contracts above the OJEU threshold, currently £213,477 for most NHS bodies). TenderResults pulls from both sources daily so you always see the most recent awards.

What is the NHS contract award threshold for publication?

NHS trusts and other public health bodies must publish contract award notices on Contracts Finder for contracts over £12,000. For contracts above the Procurement Act 2023 thresholds (approximately £213,477 for goods and services), notices must also be published on Find a Tender. Some authorities publish all awards as a matter of transparency policy.

Can I find out which supplier won an NHS contract?

Yes. Contract award notices include the winning supplier name, the contract value (where disclosed), and the name of the contracting authority. Search TenderResults by buyer name, supplier name, or keyword to find specific awards. Click any result to see the full award details and a link to the original notice.

How do I find NHS IT contracts specifically?

Use the category filter on TenderResults to select "IT & Digital" and combine it with a keyword search for "NHS" or a specific trust name. You can also search by supplier name to see all contracts a specific IT company has won across the NHS and wider public sector.

Are NHS framework call-off contracts published?

Framework agreements themselves are published as award notices. Individual call-off contracts below the publication threshold may not appear as separate notices, but higher-value call-offs (typically above £100,000) are often published, particularly by larger trusts and NHS England. TenderResults includes all published notices from the official portals.