Quick answer — Department of Health & Social CareLast refreshed 27 Apr 2026

At a glance

Department of Health & Social Care has awarded £15.6bn across 684 suppliers, with 296 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 12% · 29 open notices now · 6 awards in last 90 d (£7.2m) · SME share 40% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration12%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share40%
Pipeline · open now29
Awards · 90 d6

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Department of Health & Social Care is a contracting authority, based in UKI32. Tracks 1000 published notices and 943 awards on PublicSupply.

1000
Notices published
943
Awards
684
Suppliers engaged
2018
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£17.1m
12 m spend
£18.5m
Prior 12 m
-8%
YoY change
£629k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Department of Health & Social Care — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£5m£7m£10mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

28

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

29

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

6

£7.2m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified830 · £9.3bn
services135 · £3.0bn
goods35 · £2.6m

Instrument type

contract886 · £10.8bn
call off114 · £1.4bn
Source:Contracts Finder: 830Find a Tender: 170

Awarded contracts · 296 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Department of Health & Social Care is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
NHS Pensions McCloud Programme Management SupportLumera Limited79100000£1.4m27 Apr 2026active
DHSC: Technical Advisor support for new Private Finance ProgrammeTURNER & TOWNSEND INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED71210000£735k23 Apr 2026active
DHSC:FGO NHSE Transformation Programme - Communications IntegrationCASTLEFIELD RECRUITMENT LIMITED79411000£51k22 Apr 2026active
DHSC: GO: Freshdesks Email Ticketing Platform 2026 -2027Freshworks Inc.72000000£10k27 Mar 2026active
DHSC: Contact Dissolution External Insolvency Services SupportINTERPATH LTD79100000£5.0m26 Mar 2026active
The Economist Knowledge Resources 2026The Economist Group Limited22200000£11k12 Mar 2026active
Financial Times (FT) Online Knowledge Resources 2026THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED22200000£23k12 Mar 2026active
Health Service Journal (HSJ) Knowledge Resources 2026Wilmington Healthcare Limited22200000£33k04 Mar 2026active
DHSC:FGO:AI Futures deep diveFRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY LIMITED79411000£50k23 Mar 2026active
TailspendPhoenix Software Limited72000000£019 Feb 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
IM
3 contracts · 17 Sept13 Mar
£1.8bn
12% of total
3
KN
6 contracts · 11 Jul29 Oct
£841.7mest.
5% of total
4
CL
2 contracts
£764.0mest.
5% of total
5
LT
5 contracts · 04 Apr30 Oct
£522.1m
3% of total
6
PD
2 contracts · 26 Apr28 Sept
£469.3m
3% of total
7
WC
£400.0mest.
3% of total
8
WF
£400.0mest.
3% of total
9684
···
676 other suppliers
long tail · 297 SMEs
£9.2bn
59% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Government administration
128 contracts
£135.7bn
92%
Medical, pharmaceutical
173 contracts
£4.7bn
3%
Security, emergency equipment
78 contracts
£1.9bn
1%
Support transport services
8 contracts
£1.6bn
1%
R&D services
50 contracts
£1.3bn
1%
Health & social work
76 contracts
£845.4m
1%
Business, legal, advisory
266 contracts
£585.5m
0%
Architecture, engineering
23 contracts
£382.7m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Government administration
Medical, pharmaceutical
Security, emergency equipment
Support transport services
8
R&D services
Health & social work
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.

Department of Health & Social Care 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%
412
SME award rows
2
VCSE award rows
684
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
UKI32
Contact
Anila Kreku
Email
victoria.mclaren@dhsc.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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