Sector · CPV division 33

Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals: UK public contracts

1,408 UK public medical equipment & pharmaceuticals contracts in the last 12 months, worth £6.64bn. 16% were awarded without competition.

Covers CPV division 33, “Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products”. The busiest buyers recently were The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Contracts (last 12 months)
1,408
Published value
£6.64bnwhere stated
Without competition
16%219 contracts
Won by SMEs
45%of 1,337 with size known
Contracts awarded per month 3,260 contracts · busiest month June 2025

Biggest buyers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

  1. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 82 contracts · £47.5m
  2. UK Health Security Agency 51 contracts · £244m

Top suppliers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

  1. Medtronic Limited 74 contracts · £2.76bn
  2. B. Braun Medical Limited 45 contracts · £1.27bn
  3. Johnson & Johnson Medical Limited 39 contracts · £1.21bn
  4. Stryker UK Limited 34 contracts · £984m
  5. Kimal PLC 32 contracts · £329m
  6. Philips Electronics UK Limited 32 contracts · £139m
  7. GE Medical Systems Ltd 28 contracts · £7.11m
  8. Mölnlycke Health Care Limited SME 25 contracts · £1.1bn
  9. Boston Scientific Limited 25 contracts · £325m

By region

Latest contracts

Date Contract Buyer Supplier Value
29 Oct 2026 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust NHS Supply Chain Coordination Limited (NHSSC - SCCL) £34,800
29 Oct 2026 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Roche Diagnostics Limited £1.2m
28 Oct 2026 Sruc Innovative Diagnostics SME £96,000
28 Oct 2026 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Siemens Healthcare Limited (trading as Siemens Healthineers) £1.1m
27 Oct 2026 Dumfries and Galloway Health Board Arjo UK Ltd £107k
27 Oct 2026 King's College Trust Philips Electronics UK Limited £68,799
26 Oct 2026 Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust Abbott Laboratories Limited £685k
23 Oct 2026
Arthroscopic Stacks No competition
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Stryker UK £835k
23 Oct 2026 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Fujifilm Sonosite Ltd SME £41,645
21 Oct 2026 NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) De Smit Medical Systems Limited SME £13,000
21 Oct 2026 The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) Getinge Limited, Hill-Rom Ltd (Liko) +3 more £8.8m
21 Oct 2026 The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) Getinge Limited, Hill-Rom Ltd (Liko) £8.8m
21 Oct 2026 The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) Medscience Distribution Ltd, Spectranetics International b.v. +1 more £8.8m
21 Oct 2026 The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) Draeger Medical UK Limited, Getinge Limited +3 more £8.8m
21 Oct 2026 The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) Draeger Medical UK Limited, Getinge Limited +1 more £8.8m
21 Oct 2026 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Corcym UK Ltd SME £170k
20 Oct 2026 UHSussex NHS Foundation Trust NHS Supply Chain Coordination Limited (NHSSC - SCCL) £37,824
20 Oct 2026 NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) Rpa Dental Equipment Limited £38,500
20 Oct 2026 NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) Hill-Rom Limited £72,000
19 Oct 2026 Barnsley Facilities Ltd Carl Zeiss Limited £148k
19 Oct 2026 Barnsley Facilities Ltd Carl Zeiss Limited £148k
19 Oct 2026 The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) Kimberly-Clark Professional* £19.6m
16 Oct 2026 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Karl Storz Endoscopy (UK) Limited £11,957
16 Oct 2026 UK Health Security Agency Una Health Ltd SME £2.73m
16 Oct 2026 Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Insulet International Ltd £62,000
15 Oct 2026
Defibrillators No competition
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority SP Services (UK) Ltd SME £96,499
15 Oct 2026 Velindre University NHS Trust Medical Imaging Systems Limited SME £81,819
15 Oct 2026 West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust B. Braun Medical Limited £350k
15 Oct 2026 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Abbott Medical U.K. Limited £120k
15 Oct 2026 Velindre University NHS Trust Zoll Medical UK Limited £111k
15 Oct 2026 Velindre University NHS Trust Fujifilm Sonosite Ltd SME £27,930
14 Oct 2026 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust NHS Supply Chain Coordination Limited (NHSSC - SCCL) £105k
14 Oct 2026 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS Supply Chain Coordination Limited (NHSSC - SCCL) £181k
14 Oct 2026 The Common Services Agency The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) Armstrong Medical Ltd., Interweave Textiles Limited +2 more £1
14 Oct 2026 The Common Services Agency The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) Aquilant Limited SME, GBUK Ltd SME +3 more £3.62m
14 Oct 2026 The Common Services Agency The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) Central Medical Supplies Limited, Croyde Medical Ltd +3 more £1
14 Oct 2026 The Common Services Agency The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) Fenton Pharmaceuticals Limited, GBUK Ltd SME +3 more £880k
14 Oct 2026 The Common Services Agency The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) Belmont Medical Technologies Ltd, TSC life £1.22m
14 Oct 2026 The Common Services Agency The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) Becton Dickinson UK Limited, Belmont Medical Technologies Ltd +3 more £1.39m
14 Oct 2026 The Common Services Agency The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) Croyde Medical Ltd, Eden Medical (UK) Limited +1 more £1
14 Oct 2026 Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management Ltd Hologic Ltd £115k
14 Oct 2026
Drug Test on Arrest No competition
Metropolitan Police Service Abbott Toxicology Limited £247k
12 Oct 2026 CPI (Centre for Process Innovation) Infors-HT —
12 Oct 2026 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Huntleigh Healthcare SME £54,864
12 Oct 2026 Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Johnson & Johnson Medical Ltd £2.3m
9 Oct 2026 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Xstrahl Limited SME £27,856
9 Oct 2026 Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board LEEC Ltd SME £40,298
9 Oct 2026 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Fujifilm Sonosite Ltd SME £150k
8 Oct 2026 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Medical Imaging Systems (MIS) SME £96,000
8 Oct 2026 Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Hill-Rom Limited £129k