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Directly awarded

£25.2bn

2,495 contracts

Median contract

£177k

typical award size

Active now

129

£1.9bn direct value

Suppliers used

1,102

distinct suppliers

Expiring ≤ 9 months

£30.0m up for recompete

Biggest direct award

£1.2bn

Procurement of SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Qualitative Tests (S

16 notices name multiple suppliers, with a combined published ceiling of £431.7m. 2 explicitly mention a framework.

Awarded value by year — direct awards

£74.4m

2019

£14.3bn

2020

848

£5.6bn

2021

596

£544.2m

2022

252

£208.1m

2023

135

£342.1m

2024

240

£3.1bn

2025

158

£743.6m

2026

142

▼ £857.4m awarded in the last 12 months, vs an average of £1.3bn/year over the prior three.

Top suppliers

INNOVA MEDICAL GROUP INC	5×	£2,190,138,034.59
G4S FACILITIES MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED	3×	£1,166,600,000
GLOBAL ACCESS DIAGNOSTICS LTD	2×	£1,155,160,000
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED	10×	£529,851,145.69
SURESCREEN DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED	3×	£514,730,000
PRIMER DESIGN LIMITED	2×	£469,339,746
SANTE GLOBAL LLP	3×	£457,234,000
MITIE FM LIMITED	4×	£439,500,000
RANDOX LABORATORIES LIMITED	3×	£407,280,000
OMEGA DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED	1×	£374,000,000

Route to market

Open competition

7%£1.1bn

Restricted or negotiated

2%£2.1bn

Bought through a framework

46%£4.2bn

Framework set up

0%£20.1m

Direct award

34%£15.5bn

Not stated

11%£2.7bn

Percentages are of notices, not value. 268 notices did not state a route.

Sectors

Health & social work · 169IT services · 75Business services · 67Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · 53Research & development · 36Public administration & defence · 36Education & training · 32Transport services · 15

Recompete pipeline — their active contracts approaching end date

DHSC: ASC: International Comparators Research for The Casey CommissionIncumbent: The Nuffield Trust	£57,400	30 Sept 2026this month
SPSS LicensesIncumbent: CRAYON LIMITED	-	30 Sept 2026this month
DHSC:FGO NHSE Transformation Programme - Communications IntegrationIncumbent: CASTLEFIELD RECRUITMENT LIMITED	£51,168	30 Sept 2026this month
DHSC:ASC International Comparators Research for The Casey CommissionIncumbent: Frontier Economics	£57,400	30 Sept 2026this month
C396227 DHSC Audits of tobacco, vapes and other nicotine productsIncumbent: PSA CONSULTANTS LTD	£110,000	01 Oct 2026this month
DHSC: Technical Advisor support for new Private Finance ProgrammeIncumbent: TURNER & TOWNSEND INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED	£735,000	09 Oct 2026this month
DHSC Simplify & DeliverIncumbent: CANVS LTD	£280,000	20 Oct 2026in ~1 mo
DHSC: GAPH: Support Worker under Access to Work SchemeIncumbent: INDEPENDENT LIVING ALTERNATIVES	£33,750	21 Oct 2026in ~1 mo
DHSC: Knowledge Sharing (Blueprinting and Optimisation)Incumbent: ATOS IT SERVICES UK LIMITED	£1,200,000	26 Oct 2026in ~1 mo
DHSC Quantitative Campaign ResearchIncumbent: VERIAN GROUP UK LIMITED	£2,000,000	28 Oct 2026in ~1 mo
DHSC: NHSPP: Thirlwall Inquiry Audio Visual Services FY2026/27Incumbent: RADIO TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED	£52,056	30 Oct 2026in ~1 mo
DHSC: NHSPP: Thirlwall Inquiry Audio Visual Services FY2026/27Incumbent: RADIO TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED	£52,056	31 Oct 2026in ~1 mo
DHSC: Thirlwall Inquiry Media SupportIncumbent: Four Communications Limited	£16,800	31 Oct 2026in ~1 mo
Mobile Voice & Data Services, and Satellite PhonesIncumbent: VIRGIN MEDIA BUSINESS LIMITED	£946,758.60	09 Dec 2026in ~2 mo
DHSC - BHD prevention and leadership trainingIncumbent: THE KING'S FUND	£523,532	22 Jan 2027in ~4 mo
DHSC: Fin: Interim Financial AccountantIncumbent: ROBERTSON BELL LTD	£70,200	22 Jan 2027in ~4 mo
DHSC: Fin: Interim Senior Financial AccountantIncumbent: ROBERTSON BELL LTD	£94,250	22 Jan 2027in ~4 mo
DHSC: Fin: Interim Financial AccountantIncumbent: ROBERTSON BELL LTD	£66,400	29 Jan 2027in ~4 mo
DHSC: SCI: Adult gender services waiting list – wellbeing pilot (southwest) 2026Incumbent: LGBT FOUNDATION LTD	£125,000	11 Feb 2027in ~4 mo
DHSC:PCP:Water Fluoridation Feasibility Studies Part 1 - AWIncumbent: ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED	£295,680	12 Feb 2027in ~4 mo
DHSC:GAPH: Healthy Child Programme: 5-19 Public Health NursingIncumbent: ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED T/A Fortia Insight	£67,470	26 Feb 2027in ~5 mo
DHSC - OHID - Profiles Planning ToolIncumbent: YouGov PLC	£22,250	28 Feb 2027in ~5 mo
MapInfo - MATS Maintenance Cover - 1 yearIncumbent: MAPCHESTER LTD	£10,080	28 Feb 2027in ~5 mo
DHSC:GAPH: HV Evidence SynthesisIncumbent: ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED T/A Fortia Insight	£20,787.50	28 Feb 2027in ~5 mo
DHSC - GO - Gosport Independent Panel WebsiteIncumbent: TORCHBOX LTD	£29,490	28 Feb 2027in ~5 mo
DHSC - OHID - Profiles Planning ToolIncumbent: YouGov PLC	£22,250	28 Feb 2027in ~5 mo
DHSC: UKHSA Chair campaignIncumbent: Odgers Berndtson	£26,000	01 Mar 2027in ~5 mo
DHSC: ASC: Best Practice Training Material Transition From Children to ASCIncumbent: Social Care Institute of Excellence	£250,000	01 Mar 2027in ~5 mo
DHSC: Abortion Notification Service (ANS) Beta ProcurementIncumbent: HIPPO DIGITAL LIMITED	£1,363,405.24	11 Mar 2027in ~5 mo
DHSC: FIN: 2024 External Valuations for DHSC InvestmentsIncumbent: RSM UK CONSULTING LLP	£140,000	12 Mar 2027in ~5 mo
Financial Times (FT) Online Knowledge Resources 2026Incumbent: FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED(THE)	£23,206	21 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
Health Service Journal (HSJ) Knowledge Resources 2026Incumbent: HSJ INFORMATION LTD.	£32,500	29 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
AHP Prevention PrioritiesIncumbent: York St John University	£55,449.84	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
Better Care Fund 26/27Incumbent: IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT	£5,000,000	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC:ASC Fair Pay Agreement Negotiation Support FundIncumbent: Improvement & Development Agency For Local Government	£321,000	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC:GAPH: Competency Framework for 0-5 Health Visiting TeamsIncumbent: Institute of Health Visiting	£41,595.85	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC:GAPH: Specialist Health Visiting RequirementsIncumbent: ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED T/A Fortia Insight	£80,765	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC:GH: Fleming Fund - Additional Provision of Reagents and ConsumablesIncumbent: International Procurement Agency (IPA)	£1,700,000	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC - GOps - Newspaper and magazine deliveriesIncumbent: JYL UK	£12,000	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC: Medicines: Branded Medicines DatasetIncumbent: IQVIA LTD.	£410,513	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC: MR General legal servicesIncumbent: Mills and Reeves	£50,000	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC Quick Turnaround Quantitative Research (re procurement)Incumbent: Savanta	£1,000,000	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC: Recruitment services for DHSC non-executive appointments 2025 - 2027Incumbent: IRG Advisors LLP T/A Odgers; Berwick Partners	£81,694	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC: Social Care Data Access ProjectIncumbent: DELOITTE LLP	£1,945,000	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC: ST Fluoride Feasibility StudyIncumbent: Severn Trent Water Limited	£320,841	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC: TD: HDRS Corporate technical specialist data services BSIncumbent: BURGES SALMON LLP	£750,000	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC: TD: HDRS Corporate technical specialist data services MRIncumbent: MILLS & REEVE LLP	£250,000	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
Global Burden of Disease 2025	£320,000	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
NHS Pensions McCloud Programme Management SupportIncumbent: Lumera Limited	£1,372,200	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI)Incumbent: LGC LIMITED	-	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
The Central Commissioning Facility (CCF)Incumbent: LGC LIMITED	-	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
The Economist Knowledge Resources 2026Incumbent: THE ECONOMIST GROUP LIMITED	£11,350	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
The NIHR Evaluations, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC)Incumbent: DUPLICATE - University of Southampton	-	31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC: GO: Freshdesks Email Ticketing Platform 2026 -2027Incumbent: Freshworks Inc.	£10,080	02 Apr 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC - Comms Social Enterprise InternsIncumbent: Brixton Finishing School	£14,600	08 Apr 2027in ~6 mo
DHSC: Finance - Print Management Services (FY2025-26)Incumbent: HH ASSOCIATES UK LIMITED	£500,000	30 Apr 2027in ~7 mo
DHSC:GO: Microsoft Unified Support EnterpriseIncumbent: MICROSOFT LIMITED	£362,719.69	30 Apr 2027in ~7 mo
Laingbuisson Intelligence SubscriptionIncumbent: Laingbuisson Limited	£17,950	18 May 2027in ~8 mo
EBSCO Collection SubscriptionIncumbent: EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC.	£17,740	18 May 2027in ~8 mo
DHSC:GH: Lab Reagents and Consumables	£1,237,181	21 May 2027in ~8 mo
C436727 DHSC Call Off Contract for Venue Find ServicesIncumbent: CALDER CONFERENCES LIMITED	£4,000,000	22 May 2027in ~8 mo
Library Mgmt and Enquiry System, E-ArchiveIncumbent: Sirsi Ltd t/a SirsiDynix	£22,578.02	31 May 2027in ~8 mo
Westlaw Legal Research SubscriptionIncumbent: THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITED	£17,892	31 May 2027in ~8 mo
DHSC: Workspace and Technology - HSCN (FY22-23)Incumbent: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC, BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED	£79,570	20 Jun 2027in ~9 mo
DHSC: MedTech - Compass BetaIncumbent: REGISTER DYNAMICS LIMITED	£1,253,691.67	28 Jun 2027in ~9 mo
EBSCO Discovery Services (EDS) ToolIncumbent: EBSCO Information Services	£21,233	31 Jul 2027in ~10 mo
TailspendIncumbent: PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED	-	22 Aug 2027in ~11 mo
DHSC: Protection of OHID BPU trademarked propertiesIncumbent: DAC BEACHCROFT LLP	£80,000	26 Aug 2027in ~11 mo
DHSC:OHID: Leadership Development Programme for Aspiring Public Health DirectorsIncumbent: Birmingham Leadership Institute	£414,140	31 Aug 2027in ~11 mo
Project/Contract DHSC: Databricks Training CreditsIncumbent: Databricks Inc	£113,619	31 Aug 2027in ~11 mo
Family Nurse Partnership Learning Platform 26-27Incumbent: TITUS LEARNING LTD.	£6,310	01 Sept 2027in ~11 mo

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Built from published procurement notices (Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales), matched by buyer name. Values are award values as published, not payments.