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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 5 hours ago Contract notice

Single Use Podiatry Instruments

Open United Kingdom Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals

Buyer The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

31 days left

Key facts

Closes
10:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€2.4M
€2,352,028 · converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 31 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

30 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 24 and 34 days, based on 470 notices of the last two years.

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Summary

Machine-generated summary

National Services Scotland, acting through its Procurement, Commissioning and Facilities division, is procuring the supply of single use podiatry instruments. The arrangement is made on behalf of all entities constituted under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, meaning all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority itself, plus any other NHS organisation established under that Act, and any Integration Joint Boards established under the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014, collectively called the Participating Authorities. The procurement covers the supply of disposable instruments used in podiatry care for these Scottish healthcare bodies.

Description

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as National Services Scotland) (‘the Authority’) acting through its division Procurement, Commissioning and Facilities is undertaking this procurement of supply and of Single Use Podiatry Instruments on behalf of all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority or other NHS Organisation established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978), any integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014 (collectively hereafter referred to as ‘Participating Authorities’).

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €2.4M.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    31 days left, 23 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €61,958 and €295,420.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 32 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • 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 224 awards for Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals in United Kingdom.

This notice
€2.4M
Median award
€122,595
Middle half of past awards
€61,958 to €295,420

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 Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

United Kingdom

notices in the register
32
awards
29
awarded in total
€15.7M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
28
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
14%

Based on 29 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.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
NHS SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED (NHSSC - SCCL) 21 €6.2M Sep 2026
GE Medical Systems Limited 9 €778,632 Sep 2026
Stryker UK Limited 7 €9.0M Aug 2026
Philips Electronics UK Limited 7 €2.0M Sep 2026
Canon Medical Systems Limited 6 €3.5M Jun 2026

Based on 292 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

Market context

Larger than 85% of the open notices in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals across Europe.

open now in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals
10,646
median open notice
€145,946

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals

different companies won awards here
206
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
13%
buyers awarded contracts here
99

Based on 291 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.

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