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# NHS Business Services Authority · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-business-services-authority-gov-ot529). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** NHS Business Services Authority is a Central government based in North East England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 132 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** NHS Business Services Authority
- **Classification:** Central government
- **Delivery Region:** North East England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PRLZ-1599-JGTT` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 132
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £42m (median award: £54k) across 42 of 42 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** govuk-organisations (NHS Business Services Authority), nhs-ods (NHS BUSINESS SERVICES AUTHORITY)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-business-services-authority-gov-ot529

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 2.5 bids (median of 6 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 33% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 6% above the published estimate (median of 2 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 85 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 33 (39%), Route not published: 33 (39%), Open: 9 (11%), Limited / restricted: 6 (7%), Selective: 4 (5%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 27 notices, last 24 months (32% of this period)
2. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 22 notices, last 24 months (26% of this period)
3. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 10 notices, last 24 months (12% of this period)
4. **[Financial and insurance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/financial-and-insurance-services-66000000) (CPV 66):** 7 notices, last 24 months (8% of this period)
5. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 6 notices, last 24 months (7% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Oracle Corporation UK Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/oracle-corporation-uk-limited-coh-01782505):** 5 procedures
2. **[Kofax](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/kofax-coh-03006365):** 3 procedures
3. **[KPMG](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/kpmg-coh-oc301540):** 2 procedures
4. **[NLA Media Access Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/nla-media-access-limited-coh-03003569):** 2 procedures
5. **[Meta](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/meta-coh-06691310):** 2 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[MAXIMUS UK SERVICES LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/maximus-uk-services-limited-coh-09072343):** £23m · [Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme Medical Assessments](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vdps-medical-assessments-ocds-h6vhtk-04f997) · Awarded: 22 Dec 2025
2. **[Paymaster (1836) Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/paymaster-1836-limited-coh-03249700):** £6.5m · [McCloud RSS Administration Service Continuation](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mccloud-rss-administration-service-continuation-ocds-h6vhtk-0670a2) · Awarded: 20 Mar 2026
3. **[EQ Paymaster](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/eq-paymaster-GB-PPON-PDQT-7344-BNRP):** £6.5m · [McCloud RSS Administration Service Continuation](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mccloud-rss-administration-service-continuation-ocds-h6vhtk-0670a2)
4. **[Verint Systems UK Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/verint-systems-uk-limited-coh-02602824):** £3.0m · [Work Force Management Solution](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/work-force-management-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-06e140)
5. **[Wavemaker Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/wavemaker-ltd-coh-04078547):** £320k · [Media Buying](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/w175751-media-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-06f4f0) · Awarded: 8 Jul 2026

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 13
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 24
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full NHS Business Services Authority intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-business-services-authority-gov-ot529#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-business-services-authority-gov-ot529
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt