Quick answer — NHS NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNITLast refreshed 19 Mar 2026

At a glance

NHS NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT has awarded £1.4bn across 223 suppliers, with 362 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 12% · 5 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£150k) · SME share 52% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration12%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share52%
Pipeline · open now5
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

NHS NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT is a contracting authority, based in UKC14. Tracks 606 published notices and 599 awards on PublicSupply.

606
Notices published
599
Awards
223
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£9.2m
12 m spend
£121.9m
Prior 12 m
-92%
YoY change
£408k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
NHS NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£24m£49m£73m£98mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

5

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£150k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified597 · £1.4bn
services9 · £3.6m

Instrument type

call off117 · £1.2bn
contract489 · £230.3m
Source:Contracts Finder: 592Find a Tender: 14

Awarded contracts · 362 live

All contracts with a published award notice where NHS NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
1963 - Secure Specialist Warehousing 2026 & Associated Services for the North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS)Inbond Limited£150kest.active
Courier Services for the North of England Commission Support (NECS)complete
1963 - NECS – Secure Specialist Warehousing Storage 2026 & Associated ServicesInBond Limited£150k19 Mar 2026pending
1996 - NECS DocuSign LicencesInsight Direct (UK) Ltdactive
NECS HPE Nimble Storage Warranty and SupportCDW Limitedactive
Courier Services for the North of England Commission Support (NECS)64120000£190kest.active
DQ Dashboard - SBS25-002MBI Health limited48000000£257k02 Oct 2025active
Clinical Waste Services, Managing Agent ServiceAnenta Ltd90500000£520k01 Oct 2025active
0AR - Bonded Storage 25InBond Limited£250kest.active
Amazon Connect Telephony - SBS25-009AMAZON WEB SERVICES EMEA SARL UK BRANCH48000000£31k30 Jul 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
NT
£166.9m
12% of total
2
PP
£58.5m
4% of total
3
TE
3 contracts · 01 Apr05 Jan
£44.0m
3% of total
4
EA
3 contracts · 01 Apr05 Jan
£44.0m
3% of total
5
BC
£39.5m
3% of total
6
IL
9 contracts · 09 Feb14 Feb
£33.3m
2% of total
7
EO
1 contract · 28 Nov
£27.6m
2% of total
8
HI
1 contract · 23 Dec
£27.2m
2% of total
9223
···
215 other suppliers
long tail · 118 SMEs
£554.5m
40% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
556 contracts
£1.2bn
86%
Transport services
4 contracts
£81.6m
6%
Government administration
9 contracts
£60.0m
4%
IT services, software
12 contracts
£12.9m
1%
Postal, telecoms
6 contracts
£10.3m
1%
Software packages, IT
23 contracts
£9.4m
1%
Radio, TV, communications
4 contracts
£8.3m
1%
Business, legal, advisory
7 contracts
£4.7m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
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Health & social work
Transport services
Government administration
IT services, software
Postal, telecoms
Software packages, IT
0
0
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.

NHS NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT 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.

52%
SME supplier share
target 33%
163
SME award rows
44
VCSE award rows
223
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
UKC14
Contact
Ian Harrison
Email
necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net

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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