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Summary
Machine-generated summaryNational Services Scotland, through its Procurement, Commissioning and Facilities division, is procuring the supply and delivery of individual items and prepacked single-use equipment for people who use drugs, including performance and image enhancing drugs as defined in the IEP guidance, plus Naloxone products for administration by approved services. The goods serve all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards, other NHS bodies, and Integrated Joint Boards. Interested suppliers should consult the official tender documents for procedures and dates.
Description
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
- Documents in English.
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Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)
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What this market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 261 awards for Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals in United Kingdom.
- This notice
- €4.8M
- Median award
- €119,253
- Middle half of past awards
- €60,047 to €277,913
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
The buyer
Full buyer profileThe Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)
- notices in the register
- 108
- awards
- 70
- awarded in total
- €11.2M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 51
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 27%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 64%
Based on 70 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
Based on 10 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
Market context
Larger than 87% of the open notices in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals across Europe.
- open now in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals
- 8,737
- median open notice
- €312,758
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersUnited Kingdom · Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals
- different companies won awards here
- 229
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 13%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 109
Based on 348 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
Change history
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- Status
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Was:
Upcoming - Now: Open
- Estimated value
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Was:
€4,671,096 - Now: €4,771,846 +2%
- Submission deadline
- not stated
- Now: November 19, 2026, 12:00
- Scope and criteria
- The description was expanded. Re-read it before you bid.
- Procedure
- not stated
- Now: Open procedure
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- Estimated value
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Was:
€4,666,356 - Now: €4,667,172
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- Estimated value
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Was:
€4,670,769 - Now: €4,666,356
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- Estimated value
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Was:
€4,671,096 - Now: €4,670,769
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