Quick answer — Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - Test & TraceLast refreshed 23 Sept 2021

At a glance

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - Test & Trace has awarded £271.5m across 24 suppliers.

Why: Top supplier share 63% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 35% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration63%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share35%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - Test & Trace is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 34 published notices and 34 awards on PublicSupply.

34
Notices published
34
Awards
24
Suppliers engaged
2020
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
£625k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - Test & Trace — 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

0

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

Unspecified34 · £271.5m

Instrument type

contract23 · £189.7m
call off11 · £81.8m
Source:Contracts Finder: 34

Awarded contracts · 0 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - Test & Trace is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
CIO Trace Digital and Technology Portfolio Client Side Delivery PartnerAxiologik Limited72000000£8.0m23 Sept 2021active
Antibody Testing Kits38911000£0active
Lateral Flow Technology Testing Solutions33141625£0active
Contact Tracing App -COVID App Cell Extension (V001)Accenture (UK) Limited79400000£4.2m10 Nov 2020active
Programme support to TTCE area Phase 3The Boston Consulting Group UK LLP79411000£6.3m16 Oct 2020active
4PL and lab operational supportThe Boston Consulting Group UK LLP79411000£1.6m20 Nov 2020active
Wellbeing AppHeadspace48218000£11k13 Nov 2020active
Antigen Image Recognition Proof of ConceptNovarum DX Ltd72212318£46k02 Nov 2020active
Antigen Testing Proof of ConceptSensyne Health Group Limited72300000£35k10 Nov 2020active
Internal Communications & Employee Value PropositionErnst & Young LLp79400000£171k01 Oct 2020active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
UO
1 contract · 21 Apr
£172.0m
63% of total
2
IM
3 contracts · 29 Apr01 Aug
£66.6m
25% of total
3
AL
1 contract · SME · 23 Sept
£8.0m
3% of total
4
TB
2 contracts · 16 Oct20 Nov
£7.9m
3% of total
5
AL
2 contracts · 03 Sept10 Nov
£5.3m
2% of total
6
UH
2 contracts · SME · 29 May24 Sept
£3.1m
1% of total
7
NL
1 contract · 05 Jun
£2.4m
1% of total
8
UO
1 contract · 01 Jun
£1.6m
1% of total
924
···
16 other suppliers
long tail · 7 SMEs
£4.8m
2% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
2 contracts
£172.0m
63%
Business, legal, advisory
7 contracts
£78.8m
29%
IT services, software
12 contracts
£13.0m
5%
Medical, pharmaceutical
4 contracts
£5.4m
2%
R&D services
3 contracts
£1.9m
1%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£187k
0%
Architecture, engineering
2 contracts
£97k
0%
Software packages, IT
2 contracts
£52k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Oct
Nov
Dec
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Feb
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Health & social work
Business, legal, advisory
IT services, software
Medical, pharmaceutical
R&D services
Radio, TV, communications
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

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

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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.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - Test & Trace 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.

35%
SME supplier share
target 33%
11
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
24
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
United Kingdom

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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