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NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England): public contracts, suppliers and opportunities
NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England) has published 313 contract awards on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender since 30 Oct 2023, worth £461m in total as published. Most of its spending is on software, it services, education & training. Below: what it buys, who wins, what ends soon and what is coming up.
What NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England) buys
Contract awards by CPV category (Common Procurement Vocabulary division), from 30 Oct 2023 to 14 Oct 2026.
| Category | CPV | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software | 48000000 | 112 | £36.6m |
| IT services | 72000000 | 46 | £17.7m |
| Education & training | 80000000 | 36 | £1.4m |
| Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin) | 79000000 | 34 | £5.7m |
| Health & social care | 85000000 | 21 | £377m |
| Office & IT equipment | 30000000 | 19 | £5m |
| Telecoms equipment | 32000000 | 13 | £3.1m |
| Postal & telecoms services | 64000000 | 7 | £9.5m |
| Architecture & engineering | 71000000 | 4 | £169k |
| Insurance & banking services | 66000000 | 3 | £184k |
| Most used CPV codes | Notices |
|---|---|
48000000 Software package and information systems | 63 |
80000000 Education and training services | 33 |
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support | 20 |
85100000 Health services | 15 |
79410000 Business and management consultancy services | 12 |
48517000 IT software package | 11 |
48218000 License management software package | 10 |
30200000 Computer equipment and supplies | 9 |
48180000 Medical software package | 8 |
72222300 Information technology services | 7 |
Recent contract awards
The latest awards with a company or organisation named as supplier. Values are as published and may be framework or multi-year totals.
Top suppliers to NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)
Companies and organisations named most often in its award notices since 30 Oct 2023. 62% of awards went to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
| Supplier | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Specialist Computer Centres PLC | 17 | £2.6m |
| Insight Direct (UK) Ltd | 16 | £10.1m |
| Accurx Limited | 12 | £12.1m |
| Softcat PLC | 10 | £1.1m |
| Ultima Business Solutions Limited | 9 | £729k |
| Cambridge Spark Limited | 8 | £377k |
| Phoenix Software Limited | 7 | £336k |
| Boxxe Limited | 6 | £446k |
| Harlow Printing Limited | 5 | £2m |
| Xylem Partners Ltd | 5 | £793k |
Contracts ending in the next 12 months
107 contracts end by 23 Oct 2027. Buyers usually re-tender 6 to 12 months before the end date, so these are the next opportunities to prepare for. End dates are as published and exclude optional extensions.
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- NHS Property Services Limited
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Kirklees Council
- City of Doncaster Council
- All public buyers
Source: Contracts Finder (Crown Commercial Service) notices published 23 Oct 2023 to 23 Oct 2026, and Find a Tender (Cabinet Office) notices published 16 Sept 2026 to 22 Oct 2026. Figures are our own summary of those notices. Award counts include notices with a named organisation as supplier; notices naming individuals are left out and no individual's name is shown.
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Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only; check the official notices before acting. Brightbench is not connected to NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England).