Official UK procurement notice
Single Use Podiatry Instruments
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Common Services Agency (more commonly known as National Services Scotland) (‘the Authority’) acting through its division
Procurement, Commissioning and Facilities is undertaking this procurement of supply and of Single Use Podiatry Instruments on behalf of
all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health
Boards and the Authority or other NHS Organisation established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978), any integrated Joint Boards
established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014 (collectively hereafter referred to as ‘Participating
Authorities’).
- Recurrence: Contract Award Notice late January
CPV: Medical consumables
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- “Single Use Podiatry Instruments” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) runs Medical consumables (CPV 3314) tenders for its clients, and who usually turns up
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) procures on behalf of other bodies; its record below covers every client it has tendered for, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Medical consumables (CPV 3314) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Scotland.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside Scotland.
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 97 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid6% / 6%
2–318% / 17%
4–626% / 28%
7+51% / 49%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 3314Published estimate£2.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid1%
2–313%
4–629%
7+56%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Instruments LtdEarlier contract | Single Use Podiatry Instrumentsnotice published Nov 2022 | — | £1.9m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| ROBINSON HEALTHCARE LIMITEDEarlier contract | Single Use Podiatry Instrumentsnotice published Nov 2022 | — | £1.9m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Rocialle Healthcare LtdEarlier contract | Single Use Podiatry Instrumentsnotice published Nov 2022 | — | £1.9m | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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A.Algeo Ltd.SME | £219k2 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 1 live · £112k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% above n=1 |
Ambu LtdLarge | £38k5 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | 1 live · £16k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
L&R Medical UK LtdLarge | 3 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| 3 awards in 36m · last 22 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 30 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (100% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Single Use Podiatry Instruments, winner not published; the published contract ends 18 Apr 2023.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Contract Award Notice late January
- First published
- 11 Mar 2026, 16:19 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2026, 13:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 5 Nov 2026 – …
- Authority reference
NP177/27- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093823- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06679aFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Conducted on PCS-T project_32819 itt_65679 The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 65679. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ (SC Ref:844682)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Public Contracts Scotland- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 5 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 5 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
Timeline
23 Sept 2026 → 5 Nov 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected27 days ago23 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Notice published15 days ago5 Oct 2026, 13:14 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 16 days · period end, not a bid countdown5 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Bids openedin 16 days5 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Oct 2026- Status changed to active5 Oct 2026, 13:14 BST
- Procurement method changed5 Oct 2026, 13:14 BST
- Deadline published: 5 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT5 Oct 2026, 13:14 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria