Syringes, Needles including Biopsy and Associated Products
Details
- Buyer
- NHS Supply Chain
- Supplier(s)
- Non Award
- Value
- £340,000,000
- Duration
- 2 years
- Topic
- Medical equipments
- Published
- 10 June 2025
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
This Framework Agreement is for the supply of syringes, needles including biopsy and products associated with their use including safety versions where applicable. Needles and syringes can be supplied both as individual products and in combination with each other and include: Syringes; Needles; Biopsy needles, Combined needles and syringes; Safety needles; Combined safety needles and syringes; and Products associated with the use of needles and/or syringes as above. It is anticipated that in the first 12 months of the Framework Agreement the total value of purchases under it will be around £97,500,000. For the full 48 month term (if extended) the anticipated value is around £340,000,000. These values are approximate only and are based on the most recent historical usage information. The values provided are for guidance only and are not a guarantee of business with successful suppliers.
Timeline
- Completed: Award published10 June 2025Current notice
- Completed: Award date2 August 2025
- Next: Contract expiry date1 August 2027in 10 months
About the buyer
NHS Supply Chain buys as a central healthcare organisation, run by Supply Chain Coordination Limited on behalf of NHS England. Suppliers tender through the Jaggaer eProcurement portal, and opportunities above threshold are advertised on Find a Tender. Successful bids are listed on framework agreements managed by category teams. The NHS Core List aggregates trust demand into national contracts for standard commodities. Category teams coordinate key supply markets with NHS England and clinical networks. Procurement follows the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025.
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 NHS Supply Chain's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, food and drink and furniture and furnishings.
Relevant CPV codes
- 33100000 · Medical equipments
- 33140000 · Medical consumables
- 33141310 · Syringes
- 33141320 · Medical needles
- 33141321 · Anesthesia needles
- 33141323 · Biopsy needles
- 33141326 · Radiology procedural needles
- 33141328 · Epidural needles
- 33141329 · Amniocentesia needles
- 33171300 · Epidural kits or packs
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov |
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