Quick answer — The Defence Medical ServicesLast refreshed 01 Oct 2023

At a glance

The Defence Medical Services has awarded £19.6m across 21 suppliers, with 10 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 61% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 40% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration61%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share40%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Defence Medical Services is a contracting authority, based in UKG24. Tracks 29 published notices and 27 awards on PublicSupply.

29
Notices published
27
Awards
21
Suppliers engaged
2019
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£187k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Defence Medical Services — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services4 · £20.0m
Unspecified25 · £19.6m

Instrument type

contract27 · £37.5m
call off2 · £2.1m
Source:Contracts Finder: 25Find a Tender: 4

Awarded contracts · 10 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Defence Medical Services is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of MDICP Decision Advantage PilotUniversity of Liverpoolactive
RFI - Rapid Access Imaging and Surgeryplanned
RFI - Rapid Access Imaging and Surgery£20.0mest.planning
RFI - Rapid Access Imaging and Surgery85000000£0active
Contract Award Notice - Provision of Subscription based Research ServicesGARTNER U.K. LIMITED72590000£200k01 Oct 2023active
Prior Information Notice - THE PROVISION OF PATHOLOGY LABORATORY SERVICES TO THE DEFENCE MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTRE STANFORD HALL - Call for CompetitionNottingham University Hospitals Nhs Trust85111800£128k01 Sept 2023active
Provision of the Deployed Bearer of OpportunityPROLINX LIMITED32000000£38k09 Aug 2023active
Cortisone Programme SupportHUNTER HEALTHCARE RESOURCING LIMITED72212331£657k18 Jul 2023active
DMS INTEND TO AWARD RESEARCH INTO A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF VOLATILE ANAESTHETIC AGENTS WITH INTRAVENOUS SEDATION IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)Royal Stoke University Hospital71900000active
THE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE GOVERNANCE TRAINING COURSES TO SUPPORT DEFENCE MEDICAL SERVICES GOVERNANCE & ASSURANCE ACTIVITIESHEALTHCARE QUALITY QUEST LIMITED75121000£48k12 May 2023active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
CB
3 contracts · SME · 18 Mar27 Jul
£12.0m
61% of total
2
CI
1 contract · 31 Oct
£2.0m
10% of total
3
RE
1 contract · SME · 01 Apr
£2.0m
10% of total
4
UH
£704k
4% of total
5
HH
1 contract · SME · 18 Jul
£657k
3% of total
6
EY
2 contracts · 06 Mar
£450k
2% of total
7
PH
1 contract · 31 Mar
£438k
2% of total
8
ST
£317k
2% of total
921
···
13 other suppliers
long tail · 4 SMEs
£1.1m
5% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
3 contracts
£20.0m
51%
Education, training
3 contracts
£12.0m
30%
IT services, software
7 contracts
£3.0m
8%
R&D services
1 contract
£2.0m
5%
Health & social work
7 contracts
£1.8m
5%
Business, legal, advisory
2 contracts
£450k
1%
Software packages, IT
2 contracts
£293k
1%
Government administration
1 contract
£48k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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Education, training
IT services, software
R&D services
Health & social work
Business, legal, advisory
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

The Defence Medical Services has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

40%
SME supplier share
target 33%
10
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
21
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKG24
Contact
Thomas Rockett
Email
thomas.rockett101@mod.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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