Industry · UK public sector
Bid for NHS and integrated care contracts without slowing your delivery team
NHS trusts, integrated care boards and public health bodies buy from SMBs every week. The bid process is the bottleneck. Bidwell removes it.
30 min
draft on a 40-question NHS PQQ
3x
more trust bids per commercial lead
100%
of FTS healthcare notices monitored
The shape of healthcare suppliers bidding
What makes this industry hard to bid in
The NHS spends roughly £30 billion a year buying from third-party suppliers, and a meaningful share of that flows through SMBs in medical devices, healthcare technology, clinical workforce, lab consumables, and digital health. The bidding process, though, is heavy: NHS-specific clauses, information governance and DSPT alignment, MHRA evidence for devices, social value scoring against trust priorities, and clinical safety standards like DCB 0129 and DCB 0160 where relevant. Most healthcare SMBs have a small commercial team that has to choose between bidding well and delivering the contract they just won. Bidwell takes the bidding workload off the critical path. It watches every NHS, integrated care board and public health notice on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, scores the fit against your past wins and clinical scope, and drafts a tailored response in minutes using your existing IG and clinical evidence. Your commercial lead reviews and submits, and the delivery team stays on the floor.
What sucks today
- DSPT and IG questions answered slightly differently for every trust
- MHRA, ISO 13485 and clinical safety evidence scattered across drives
- ICB and trust priorities require buyer-specific tailoring most teams skip
- Workforce framework call-offs close in days, not weeks
What Bidwell does about it
- Trust, ICB and CCG-equivalent notices delivered same-day
- Clinical and IG evidence reused consistently across every bid
- Buyer-specific social value angle drafted from each trust's strategic priorities
- Workforce and locum framework call-offs caught in time to respond properly
Live tender feed
Recent healthcare suppliers awards in the UK
Pulled live from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, filtered to healthcare suppliers-relevant CPV codes.
Sub Contract Insourcing of Non Obstetric Ultrasound
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Awarded to GLOBE LOCUMS LIMITED on 28 Oct 2026
£558k
GP Practice Software
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board · Awarded to ACCURX LIMITED on 27 Oct 2026
£165k
Supply of Medical Gases
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority · Awarded to Speciality Oxygen Services on 27 Oct 2026
£115k
The Provision of an Enhanced Primary Care Mental Health Service for Asylum Seekers in Salford
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board · Awarded to Salford Primary Care Together CIC on 27 Oct 2026
£604k
Enhanced GP Services
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust · Awarded to Prudhoe Medical Group on 26 Oct 2026
£252k
Milton Keynes City Council Mental Health Pathway Framework
Milton Keynes City Council · Awarded to Home Group Limited on 26 Oct 2026
£12.5m
MRI Backlog Reduction and Diagnostic Capacity Support Service
EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · Awarded to AM Diagnostic Imaging Ltd. trading as AM Diagnostic Services on 26 Oct 2026
£250k
Outpatient Network Endoscopy Insourcing
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust · Awarded to OUTPATIENT NETWORK LIMITED on 22 Oct 2026
Undisclosed
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Frameworks that route this work
Where healthcare suppliers buyers find suppliers
RM1557.13
G-Cloud 13
G-Cloud 13 is the UK government framework for cloud hosting, software and support. Buyers in central government, the NHS, councils and the wider public sector use it to buy cloud services through the Digital Marketplace without running a full tender.
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RM6100
RM6100 Technology Services 3
RM6100 is the principal UK government framework for IT and digital services, from small advisory engagements through to multi-year managed service contracts. The third version of Technology Services, it routes most enterprise IT spend in central government and the wider public sector.
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Who runs the bids in healthcare suppliers
Most of our healthcare suppliers customers are sme owners.
Frequently asked
Bidwell vs Healthcare Suppliers, in short
It drafts from your stored DSPT submissions, ISO 13485 evidence, clinical safety case templates and past responses. The drafts mirror what you have actually done, ready for clinical and information governance leads to confirm.
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