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.
Intensive Support - Children / Young People (Highland)
The Highland Council · Awarded to unspecified supplier on 2 Sept 2026
Undisclosed
Enhanced Mental Health Services in Schools (EMHS)
Stoke on Trent City Council · Awarded to Changes Health and Wellbeing on 1 Sept 2026
£341k
Opening 1 of the Mental Health Outreach and Social Inclusion Contract
Newcastle City Council · Awarded to Akwaaba Care and Support (t/a Welcome Care and Support) on 31 Aug 2026
£0.01
ECT Service - CNTW
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust · Awarded to Cumbria Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS FT on 27 Aug 2026
£51k
Call off for Discharge to Assess (DTA) under the North Northamptonshire Council for the Provision of Home Care Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire Council · Awarded to Universal Care Services (UK) Limited on 27 Aug 2026
£208k
Leeds Stop Smoking Service (community service for people who smoke with, or are at risk of, developing a common mental health illness and / or a long term physical health condition)
Leeds City Council · Awarded to Inspire North 2024 Limited on 27 Aug 2026
£470k
Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessments
BLACK COUNTRY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · Awarded to Staff Partners Mental Health Ltd t/a Everywhere Health on 27 Aug 2026
£1.1m
0-19 Public Health Nursing Service (PSR Direct Award Process C - Notice of intention to make an award of a contract to the existing provider)
Isle of Wight Council · Awarded to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on 27 Aug 2026
£14m
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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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