Quick answer — N H S Shared Business ServicesLast refreshed 24 Mar 2026

At a glance

N H S Shared Business Services has awarded £12.8bn across 692 suppliers, with 669 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 0% · 0 open notices now · 3 awards in last 90 d (£880k) · SME share 90% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration0%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share90%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d3

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

N H S Shared Business Services is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 202 published notices and 200 awards on PublicSupply.

202
Notices published
200
Awards
692
Suppliers engaged
2018
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£5.5bn
12 m spend
£1.7bn
Prior 12 m
+225%
YoY change
£3.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
N H S Shared Business Services — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£749m£1499m£2248m£2997mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

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)

3

£880k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified202 · £12.8bn

Instrument type

call off25 · £11.5bn
contract177 · £1.2bn
Source:Contracts Finder: 202

Awarded contracts · 669 live

All contracts with a published award notice where N H S Shared Business Services is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Workforce Intranet and External Engagement Platform on behalf of NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA)UBDS IT Consulting Limited32412120£56k18 Feb 2026active
The Provision of IT Hardware (Laptops) on behalf of NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care BoardCDW Limited44316400£537k24 Mar 2026active
DFU Digital Forensic Capability on behalf of NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA)CDW Limited48170000£93k11 Mar 2026active
Enterprise Backup Solution on behalf of NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA)Softcat plc48710000£250k10 Mar 2026active
The Provision of a Remote Support Tool on behalf of NHS Counter Fraud AuthoritySoftcat PLC48000000£23k27 Feb 2026active
Contract Award- Provision of Snow Atlas Licences on behalf of NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care BoardSoftcat plc48000000£290k23 Dec 2025active
Making Smoking History and Campaign Delivery On behalf of NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care BoardRepublic of Media Limited79342000£300k23 Dec 2025active
Contract Award- Vulnerability Scanning Software on behalf of NHS Counter Fraud AuthoritySapphire Technologies Ltd48000000£189k19 Dec 2025active
Digital Dictation, Speech Recognition & Outsourced Transcription Services 272212314£150.0m15 Dec 2025active
Digital Forensic Tool on behalf of NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA)Softcat PLC72250000£147k09 Dec 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
MD
2 contracts · SME · 06 Feb
£35.4m
0% of total
2
TR
2 contracts · SME · 06 Feb08 Oct
£33.1m
0% of total
▼ 100%
3
SD
2 contracts · SME · 06 Feb08 Oct
£33.1m
0% of total
▼ 100%
4
HL
2 contracts · SME · 06 Feb08 Oct
£33.1m
0% of total
▼ 100%
5
AD
2 contracts · SME · 06 Feb08 Oct
£33.1m
0% of total
▼ 100%
6
DL
4 contracts · SME · 13 Dec19 Nov
£29.8m
0% of total
New
7
EY
4 contracts · SME · 13 Dec19 Nov
£29.8m
0% of total
New
8
AL
3 contracts · 13 Dec02 Oct
£22.6m
0% of total
▼ 100%
9692
···
684 other suppliers
long tail · 643 SMEs
£4.1bn
32% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

IT services, software
57 contracts
£3.7bn
31%
Construction materials
3 contracts
£2.6bn
22%
Architecture, engineering
105 contracts
£1.8bn
15%
Health & social work
116 contracts
£1.3bn
11%
Business, legal, advisory
300 contracts
£848.6m
7%
Transport equipment, vehicles
30 contracts
£500.1m
4%
Sewage, waste, environment
30 contracts
£500.0m
4%
Construction works
1 contract
£500.0m
4%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
IT services, software
0
2500
150
Construction materials
2600
1
Architecture, engineering
Health & social work
Business, legal, advisory
223
0
Transport equipment, vehicles
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.

N H S Shared Business 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.

90%
SME supplier share
target 33%
705
SME award rows
26
VCSE award rows
692
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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