Quick answer — The NHS Commissioning Board operating as NHS EnglandLast refreshed 08 Sept 2021

At a glance

The NHS Commissioning Board operating as NHS England has awarded £10.4bn across 62 suppliers, with 84 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 2% · 25 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 47% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration2%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share47%
Pipeline · open now25
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The NHS Commissioning Board operating as NHS England is a contracting authority, based in UKJ11. Tracks 52 published notices and 15 awards on PublicSupply.

52
Notices published
15
Awards
62
Suppliers engaged
2021
First award on file

Spend profile

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

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12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£10.0bn
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The NHS Commissioning Board operating as NHS England — 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

16

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

25

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

services51 · £21.0bn
Unspecified1 · £898k

Instrument type

contract52 · £21.0bn
Source:Find a Tender: 51Contracts Finder: 1

Awarded contracts · 84 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The NHS Commissioning Board operating as NHS England is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTRs) in the South East on behalf of NHS England South East85000000£8.4mest.active
NHS England - Health Needs Assessments for Liaison & Diversion Services and hosted Reconnect Services across the South West£129kest.active
Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Services to HMP High Downclosed
Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Services to HMP High Down£4.0mest.active
OpCourage Integrated Veteran Mental Health Service85100000£132.8mest.active
Integrated Veterans Mental Health Service85100000£132.8mest.active
Dorset Sexual Assault and Abuse Therapy ServiceSTARS Dorset85100000£938kest.active
Procurement for the provision of Integrated Healthcare Services to Thames Valley Prisons for NHS England and NHS Improvement South EastPractice Plus Group (PPG)85100000£102.6mest.active
Procurement for the provision of Integrated Healthcare Services to Thames Valley Prisons for NHS England and NHS Improvement South EastPractice Plus Group (PPG)85100000£102.6mest.active
Procurement for the provision of Integrated Healthcare Services to Thames Valley Prisons for NHS England and NHS Improvement South EastCentral and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL)85100000£102.6mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
PP
£205.1mest.
2% of total
2
ML
£192.3mest.
2% of total
3
AM
£192.3mest.
2% of total
4
SD
1 contract · SME
£192.3mest.
2% of total
5
MU
1 contract · SME
£192.3mest.
2% of total
6
IL
£192.3mest.
2% of total
7
OH
1 contract · SME
£192.3mest.
2% of total
8
PE
£192.3mest.
2% of total
962
···
54 other suppliers
long tail · 27 SMEs
£8.8bn
85% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
87 contracts
£531.3bn
100%
Medical, pharmaceutical
3 contracts
£14.0m
0%
Other
11 contracts
£4.2m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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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 NHS Commissioning Board operating as NHS England 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.

47%
SME supplier share
target 33%
31
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
62
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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKJ11
Contact
Evan Williams
Email
Scwcsu.procurement@nhs.net

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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