# Medical equipment public sector tenders (18 open)

Medical equipment: 18 open tenders, 96 coming soon, 451 contracts ending within 12 months. Median bids at these buyers: 4.

## Closing first
| Tender | Buyer | Closes | Value | Buyer's usual contest |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Supply and Support of High Through Put DNA Extraction Systems (long term)](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-051ece) | NHS Blood and Transplant | 2026-10-12 | £9m | few bidders |
| [Generic Drugs - Injections/Infusions](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-06eed2) | NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre NHS Trust) | 2026-10-12 | £39.6m | not enough history to rate |
| [Online Evidence Based TREATMENT/RECOVERY Service](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-077b7f) | Police and Crime Commissioner for Dyfed-Powys | 2026-10-12 | £36k | not enough history to rate |
| [Technology Enabled Care](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-066414) | Norfolk County Council | 2026-10-12 | £12.7m | a typical contest |
| [University Hospitals Birmingham Eyecare Voucher Provision](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-06eb97) | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | 2026-10-16 | £365k | a typical contest |
| [Formalin Biopsy Pots](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-0782c3) | The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | 2026-10-16 | £105k | not enough history to rate |
| [PURCH3013 Provision of Contract Agreement for Manufacture of Investigational Medicinal Products for a Clinical Trial](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-06faf0) | University of Glasgow | 2026-10-19 | not stated | few bidders |
| [UKRI-6365 Benchtop MRI System](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-0777ff) | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | 2026-10-20 | £425k | few bidders |
| [Supply of Sample Tubes](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-060fcc) | NHS Blood and Transplant | 2026-10-26 | £2.9m | few bidders |
| [Airway Management](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-067ae0) | NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) | 2026-10-26 | not stated | few bidders |
| [NHS National Framework for Lenvatinib](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-06891a) | NHS England | 2026-10-30 | not stated | few bidders |
| [Staff and Student Uniforms [2026]](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-077fe3) | University of Salford | 2026-11-02 | £650k | few bidders |

## Largest open tenders
| Tender | Buyer | Closes | Value | Buyer's usual contest |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Generic Drugs - Injections/Infusions](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-06eed2) | NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre NHS Trust) | 2026-10-12 | £39.6m | not enough history to rate |
| [Technology Enabled Care](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-066414) | Norfolk County Council | 2026-10-12 | £12.7m | a typical contest |
| [Supply and Support of High Through Put DNA Extraction Systems (long term)](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-051ece) | NHS Blood and Transplant | 2026-10-12 | £9m | few bidders |
| [Hepatitis C Medicines](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-066b74) | NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) | 2026-11-06 | £6.5m | few bidders |
| [Supply of Sample Tubes](https://bidcount.co.uk/?t=ocds-h6vhtk-060fcc) | NHS Blood and Transplant | 2026-10-26 | £2.9m | few bidders |

## Buyers here that usually draw the fewest bids
| Buyer | Usual bids | Open here |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/nhs-wales-shared-services-partnership-procurement-services-hosted-by-velindre-un) | 1 | 2 |
| [NHS Blood and Transplant](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/nhs-blood-and-transplant) | 2 | 2 |
| [University of Glasgow](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/university-of-glasgow) | 2 | 1 |
| [UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-ukri) | 3 | 1 |
| [NHS England](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/nhs-england) | 4 | 1 |
| [Suffolk County Council](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/suffolk-county-council) | 4 | 1 |

## Buyers
- [NHS England](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/nhs-england): 14
- [Supply Chain Coordination Limited](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/supply-chain-coordination-limited): 13
- [NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/nhs-wales-shared-services-partnership-procurement-services-hosted-by-velindre-un): 12
- [Leidos SUPPLY, Limited](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/leidos-supply-limited): 9
- [Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/leeds-teaching-hospitals-nhs-trust): 6
- [Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/secretary-of-state-for-health-and-social-care-acting-as-part-of-the-crown-throug): 6
- [NHS Blood and Transplant](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/nhs-blood-and-transplant): 4
- [Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/business-services-organisation-procurement-and-logistics-service): 3
- [Suffolk County Council](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/suffolk-county-council): 2
- [Animal AND Plant Health Agency](https://bidcount.co.uk/buyers/animal-and-plant-health-agency): 2

Source: Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, Open Government Licence v3.0. Updated 2026-10-09. Bid counts describe a buyer's history, not a forecast. Method: https://bidcount.co.uk/about. Page: https://bidcount.co.uk/sectors/medical-equipment