Medical practice and related services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 85120000·Services · class·in Health & Social Care
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 181 lots from 157 competitions, last 36 months. 39 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 142 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 3,256 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on 34 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
85121100 General-practitioner services1,177 notices · 39%85120000 Medical practice and related services365 notices · 12%85121270 Psychiatrist or psychologist services353 notices · 12%85121200 Medical specialist services323 notices · 11%85121000 Medical practice services225 notices · 7%85121240 ENT or audiologist services162 notices · 5%85121281 Ophthalmologist services155 notices · 5%85121282 Dermatology services131 notices · 4%- Health services 2,723 · 12m
- Social work services 1,184 · 12m
- Miscellaneous health services 1,096 · 12m
- Social services 860 · 12m
- Hospital and related services 800 · 12m
- Social work and related services 696 · 12m
- Dental practice and related services 249 · 12m
- Medical imaging services 148 · 12m
- Optician services 50 · 12m
- Veterinary services 26 · 12m
- All of Health & Social Care →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
- Central government 60% (1,812 notices)
- NHS & health 29% (866 notices)
- Local authorities 8% (239 notices)
- Police, fire & emergency 1% (40 notices)
- Education & universities 1% (32 notices)
- Not classified 2% (48 notices)
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board | Central government | 491 | 201 | 0 |
| NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board | Central government | 185 | 104 | 0 |
| NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board | Central government | 121 | 52 | 0 |
| NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | NHS & health | 83 | 11 | 0 |
| NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) | Central government | 75 | 42 | 0 |
| NHS DEVON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | NHS & health | 72 | 29 | 0 |
| NHS HUMBER AND NORTH YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | NHS & health | 63 | 21 | 0 |
| NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board | Central government | 45 | 37 | 0 |
| NHS South Yorkshire ICB | NHS & health | 43 | 1 | 0 |
| NHS Highland | NHS & health | 42 | 8 | 0 |
530 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where this supplier has delivered.
Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.
Where the work was, not where the company is based.
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Where this supplier has delivered.
Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.
Where the work was, not where the company is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 2,858 of 3,057 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| Yorkshire and the Humber | 5 | 80% | 89% | |
| Greater London | 5 | 53% | 82% | |
| East Midlands | 4 | 82% | 88% | |
| South West England | 4 | 51% | 65% | |
| South East England | 4 | 57% | 79% | |
| East of England | 4 | 72% | 42% | |
| West Midlands | 5 | 79% | 92% | |
| North East England | 4 | 14% | 95% | |
| North West England | 5 | 26% | 87% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 2 | 89% | 64% | |
| Scotland | 2 | 77% | 96% | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
- Contract 95% (2,906 notices)
- Framework 4% (133 notices)
- Dynamic purchasing system 1% (18 notices)
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
- Limited / restricted 70% (2,132 notices)
- Open 16% (483 notices)
- Route not published 12% (371 notices)
- Selective 2% (70 notices)
- Direct award 0% (1 notices)
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
- Above threshold 75% (108 notices)
- Below threshold 25% (36 notices)
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (2,544) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How the number of bidders is spread across lots.
Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.
- 1 bid 18% (32)
- 2–3 28% (50)
- 4–6 29% (53)
- 7 or more 25% (46)
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 181 lots from 157 competitions, last 36 months. 39 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 142 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
321 of 2,352 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 192 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
277 SME bids out of 407, on 101 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
2,217 of 3,308 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 94 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
20 of 2,544 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 74 lots from 37 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 4,539 awards to 2,293 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 10% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Speech and Language UK | 70 | 261 | 33 | 4 |
| Primary Eyecare Services Limited | 21 | 21 | 6 | 15 |
| Scrivens Ltd | 21 | 21 | 9 | 13 |
| Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited | 20 | 20 | 8 | 12 |
| Community Health & Eyecare Ltd | 20 | 20 | 9 | 11 |
| ICS OPERATIONS LIMITED | 18 | 18 | 13 | 10 |
| DMC Healthcare Ltd. | 17 | 18 | 9 | 11 |
| Modality Limited Liability Partnership | 15 | 16 | 7 | 12 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 332 of 3,057 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in medical practice and related services
19 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first
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 8512. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 21 Sept 2026.
Competition figures
Lot-grain contest statistics over the last 36 months: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 8512; contracts and frameworks / DPS are kept apart. Each figure’s own method — grain, window, exclusions and this page’s sample — is behind its ; the long form is on Methodology.
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.