Medical consumables: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 33140000Supplies · classin Medical Devices & Pharma

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Central government 43% (498 notices)
  • NHS & health 26% (305 notices)
  • Other public bodies 8% (91 notices)
  • Education & universities 5% (53 notices)
  • Local authorities 4% (43 notices)
  • Not classified 15% (174 notices)

267 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 637 of 1,172 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Scotland221 · 35%650%40%
Wales (Cymru)115 · 18%57%
Northern Ireland113 · 18%468%
South West England60 · 9%253%50%
Greater London41 · 6%
West Midlands36 · 6%
East of England26 · 4%
Yorkshire and the Humber24 · 4%
South East England20 · 3%
North West England18 · 3%
East Midlands18 · 3%
North East England17 · 3%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 60% (703 notices)
  • Framework 39% (454 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 1% (15 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 52% (605 notices)
  • Route not published 26% (310 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 17% (200 notices)
  • Selective 4% (52 notices)
  • Direct award 0% (5 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 72% (179 notices)
  • Below threshold 28% (69 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=182median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (354) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=112
  • 1 bid 13% (15)
  • 2–3 33% (37)
  • 4–6 23% (26)
  • 7 or more 30% (34)
Contract value, net
p25 £56,185median £199,955p75 £897,085
interquartile range of 202 awards · p90 £6,150,401
Typical bids per lot4robust · n=56middle half 2–7
Competed82%robust · n=354open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs67%robust · n=631of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs57%robust · n=126single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally24%robust · n=78winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimate2% below the estimaterobust · n=3820 below · 4 above
Abandoned1%robust · n=354cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot8robust · n=151296 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 2,103 awards to 783 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 15% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 301 of 1,172 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Atamis Health Family Portal86 notices · 29% · 4 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution84 notices · 28% · 3 open
eTendersNI31 notices · 10% · 1 open
Sell2Wales22 notices · 7%
EU-Supply Complete Tender Management8 notices · 3% · 1 open
Proactis / ProContract8 notices · 3%
In-tend Electronic Procurement7 notices · 2% · 1 open

Open tenders in medical consumables

15 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Pregnancy Test StripsThe Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust21 Sept 20261d£7,079
Clinical & Sharps Waste ManagementFramework5 lotsSUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED21 Sept 20261d£264,082,500 ceiling
Sensory EquipmentFramework13 lotsBelfast Health & Social Care Trust21 Sept 20261d£2,510,994 ceiling
Newborn Transport Harnesses for London AmbulanceLondon Ambulance Service NHS Trust28 Sept 20268d£650,000
Supply of qualitative enzyme immunoassay testing kitsMHRA2 Oct 202612d£120,000
PfH Materials Supply FrameworkFramework16 lotsProcurement for Housing Ltd (t/a PfH Scotland)9 Oct 202619d£1,538,000,000 ceiling
PfH Materials Supply FrameworkFramework16 lotsProcurement for Housing9 Oct 202619d£1,538,000,000 ceiling
23_27 Cleaning Chemicals and Hand SoapsFramework4 lotsLeicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO19 Oct 202629d£7,000,000 ceiling
Dental Equipment, Consumables & SolutionsFramework7 lotsSUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED11 Nov 202652d£338,378,045 ceiling
Polymer ClipsThe Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust1 Dec 202672d£80,000
Dynamic Purchasing System for Soft FM ServicesDPS3 lotsRED KITE LEARNING TRUST18 May 2027240d£75,000,000 ceiling
SOL - LDC Stores Procurement DPSDPS11 lotsSolihull Metropolitan Borough Council1 Aug 2028681d£1,400,000 ceiling
Personal Protective Equipment 2884208DPSRegional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service31 Jan 2029864d£5,000,000,000 ceiling
MEDICAL TECHNOLOLGY (MEDTECH) INNOVATION DPSDPSNHS Supply Chain2 Jan 20311564d£500,000,000 ceiling
IMP Manufacture, Labelling and Packaging DPSDPSLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine22 Aug 20342893d£15,000,000 ceiling

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 3314. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 3314. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.