Medical imaging services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 85150000Services · classin Health & Social Care

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 65% (213 notices)
  • NHS & health 23% (77 notices)
  • Education & universities 4% (12 notices)
  • Local authorities 3% (10 notices)
  • Other public bodies 2% (5 notices)
  • Not classified 4% (13 notices)

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 264 of 331 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
Yorkshire and the Humber53 · 20%62%39%
South East England40 · 15%50%87%
North West England38 · 14%84%82%
South West England37 · 14%58%62%
West Midlands32 · 12%
East of England32 · 12%56%58%
Wales (Cymru)29 · 11%35%6%
Greater London25 · 9%
North East England18 · 7%
East Midlands16 · 6%
Scotland8 · 3%
Northern Ireland5 · 2%

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 84% (279 notices)
  • Framework 16% (52 notices)
Procedure route
  • Limited / restricted 56% (186 notices)
  • Route not published 21% (71 notices)
  • Open 19% (64 notices)
  • Selective 3% (10 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 94% (44 notices)
  • Below threshold 6% (3 notices)
Typical tender window30 daysrobust · n=25median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (243) · 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=16
  • 1 bid 19% (3)
  • 2–3 13% (2)
  • 4–6 38% (6)
  • 7 or more 31% (5)
Contract value, net
p25 £110,000median £396,000p75 £1,600,000
interquartile range of 185 awards · p90 £7,198,340
Typical bids per lot5robust · n=16middle half 3–8
Competed29%robust · n=243open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs64%robust · n=36of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs56%robust · n=177single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally50%robust · n=165winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned1%robust · n=243cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot14robust · n=1142 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 378 awards to 180 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 20% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 51 of 331 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

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 8515. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 16 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 8515. 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.