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UK Health Security Agency: public contracts, suppliers and opportunities
UK Health Security Agency has published 837 contract awards on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender since 23 Oct 2023, worth £913m in total as published. Most of its spending is on medical equipment & supplies, lab & scientific equipment, software. Below: what it buys, who wins, what ends soon and what is coming up.
What UK Health Security Agency buys
Contract awards by CPV category (Common Procurement Vocabulary division), from 23 Oct 2023 to 21 Oct 2026.
| Category | CPV | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical equipment & supplies | 33000000 | 140 | £291m |
| Lab & scientific equipment | 38000000 | 140 | £38.8m |
| Software | 48000000 | 122 | £57.7m |
| IT services | 72000000 | 114 | £273m |
| Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin) | 79000000 | 61 | £132m |
| Repair & maintenance | 50000000 | 51 | £26m |
| Architecture & engineering | 71000000 | 34 | £26.9m |
| Education & training | 80000000 | 24 | £1.2m |
| Construction works | 45000000 | 16 | £15.2m |
| Installation services | 51000000 | 14 | £3.9m |
| Most used CPV codes | Notices |
|---|---|
38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) | 79 |
48000000 Software package and information systems | 55 |
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support | 37 |
48218000 License management software package | 35 |
33696500 Laboratory reagents | 28 |
72222300 Information technology services | 24 |
50400000 Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment | 23 |
71900000 Laboratory services | 18 |
33000000 Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products | 16 |
33140000 Medical consumables | 15 |
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.
| Awarded | Contract | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2026 | GraphPad | Softcat plc | £96k |
| 16 Oct 2026 | Respiratory Multiplex LFD Procurement | Una Health Limited | £2.7m |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Purchase of Server Hardware | Specialist Computer Centres PLC | £50k |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Relocation of UKHSA Rivergate office to Temple Quay House, Bristol | Cinos Limited | £22k |
| 8 Oct 2026 | UKHSA Furniture and Associated Services | Bates Office Services LTD | £1.5m |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Flow Cytometer | Limited | £324k |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Quantitative Study Recruitment and Testing Services | Capricorn Ventis Limited | £93k |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Accelerate Scheme - The Winning Edge Experience for Leaders | Kpmg LLP | £22k |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Cobas 5800 End to end PCR Platform (DxA) | Roche Diagnostics Limited | £294k |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Virachip system (RIPL Lab 01/150) | Camlab Limited | £51k |
| 30 Sept 2026 | C474338 - Maintenance and Servicing of Revvity Equipment | Revvity (UK) Limited | £328k |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Procurement of Oxford Nanopore PromethION P2i sequencer | Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited | £98k |
| 28 Sept 2026 | NPIS - BT Cloud Contract | British Telecommunications Limited | £59k |
| 28 Sept 2026 | MEZE Replacement ULT Freezer | Wolf Laboratories Limited | £12k |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Homogeniser x 2 (Pre-Clinical) | Vwr International LTD | £19k |
Top suppliers to UK Health Security Agency
Companies and organisations named most often in its award notices since 23 Oct 2023. 46% of awards went to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
| Supplier | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Softcat PLC | 38 | £18.2m |
| Wolf Laboratories Limited | 18 | £2.4m |
| Don Whitley Scientific Limited | 17 | £3.9m |
| Qiagen Limited | 16 | £5.7m |
| Life Technologies Limited | 15 | £2.6m |
| Cinos Limited | 13 | £790k |
| Cbre Managed Services Limited | 12 | £16.3m |
| Limited | 12 | £1.5m |
| Kpmg LLP | 11 | £5.8m |
| Spt Labtech Limited | 11 | £4.2m |
Contracts ending in the next 12 months
174 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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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.
Licence: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only; check the official notices before acting. Brightbench is not connected to UK Health Security Agency.