Department of Health and Social Care tenders, awards, and pre-procurement notices.

Department of Health and Social Care has 5 open tenders and 5,673 awarded contracts on Stotles. Its activity spans Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support and Health and social work services. It is the 18th largest buyer in London by recent notice volume. Over the last five years it has awarded 1,608 contracts worth £5.1bn.

About Department of Health and Social Care

The Department of Health and Social Care sets health and social care policy for England, and buys as a central healthcare organisation through contracts tiered by value. Suppliers register on Atamis, the department's e-tendering portal, to see live opportunities. Larger contracts also appear on Find a Tender once government thresholds are passed. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. Every contract carries a 30-day payment term under the Procurement Act 2023.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department of Health and Social Care's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and health and social work.

Recent notices from Department of Health and Social Care

Browse open tenders, awarded contracts, and pre-procurement documents from Department of Health and Social Care. Click on any notice to view more details.

Top procurement categories

Categories Department of Health and Social Care has published tenders under over the last five years.

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CategoriesCountValue
  1. Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
    1,083
    £4.8bn
  2. IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
    359
    £1.7bn
  3. Health and social work services
    242
    £1.6bn
  4. Research and development services and related consultancy services
    212
    £3.7bn
  5. Education and training services
    146
    £1.4bn
  6. Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
    122
    £1.1bn
  7. Software package and information systems
    87
    £130.5m
  8. Administration, defence and social security services
    83
    £14.0bn
  9. Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
    74
    £1.5bn
  10. Other community, social and personal services
    59
    £825.9m

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