UK PUBLIC SECTOR BUYERS

UK public sector buyers

Profiles of the public sector organisations that publish the most contract opportunities, from central government departments and NHS trusts to local authorities and universities. Each profile covers what the buyer buys, the frameworks it uses, and the notices it has published recently.

Central Government Department

Cabinet Office

Central government tenders, frameworks, and awards published by the Cabinet Office of His Majesty's Government.

Crown Commercial Service

The UK government agency that builds and runs the framework agreements most public bodies buy through, and the single largest publisher of award notices in our data.

Department for Education

The English education department, buying curriculum and assessment delivery, school estate programmes and the framework agreements academy trusts buy through.

Government Commercial Agency

The employer of the senior commercial profession across Whitehall, and a contracting authority in its own right for cross departmental commercial capability.

Ministry of Defence

The UK defence department, buying equipment, training, estate maintenance and support services under a procurement regime with its own rules and its own portal.

Scottish Government

The devolved administration in Edinburgh, buying research, policy delivery and corporate services, and publishing almost everything through Public Contracts Scotland.

Welsh Government

Llywodraeth Cymru, the devolved administration in Cardiff, buying policy delivery, infrastructure and economic development, and publishing through Sell2Wales.

NHS Organisation

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

The largest integrated health and social care trust in Northern Ireland, running the Royal Victoria Hospital and buying clinical, catering and equipment supplies.

NHS England

National NHS commissioning, frameworks, and recent awards published by NHS England.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

The largest territorial health board in Scotland, buying clinical services, hospital estate works and facilities support for a population of well over a million.

NHS National Services Scotland

The national procurement body for NHS Scotland, buying medical supplies, clinical equipment and digital services for every Scottish health board.

NHS Supply Chain

The national buying and logistics operation for NHS trusts in England, run by Supply Chain Coordination Limited, covering everything from gloves to imaging systems.

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

The single procurement service for NHS Wales, hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust, buying on behalf of every Welsh health board and trust.

Local Authority

Caerphilly County Borough Council

A south Wales valleys authority with a large council housing stock, buying construction, schools, housing maintenance and materials through Sell2Wales.

City and County of Swansea

The second largest Welsh city authority, buying construction, waste, fleet and social care, and a partner in the Swansea Bay City Deal regeneration programme.

City of Edinburgh Council

Scotland capital city council, buying social care, city infrastructure, schools and cultural services for a resident population of around half a million.

Devon County Council

A large rural English county council buying social care, community services and highways across one of the longest road networks of any authority in the country.

Fife Council

One of Scotland largest local authorities by population, buying heavily in construction, roads, transport and school estate across a mixed urban and rural area.

Glasgow City Council

Scotland largest city council, buying social care, construction, cleansing and catering, and delivering much of it through arm length companies that buy separately.

Leeds City Council

A metropolitan district council holding the full range of local government duties for one of England largest cities, with a substantial retained housing stock.

Manchester City Council

Live and historic public procurement opportunities published by Manchester City Council.

Staffordshire County Council

An English two tier county council buying adult and children social care, highways and school transport, with district councils buying separately alongside it.

Higher Education Institution

APUC

Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges, the shared procurement body that establishes framework agreements for every Scottish university and college.

Cardiff University

A Russell Group Welsh university buying professional services, campus facilities, research computing and estate work, and publishing through Sell2Wales.

University of Edinburgh

A research intensive Scottish university buying laboratory and scientific equipment, research computing and estate services on a scale few UK institutions match.

Other Public Sector

BSO Procurement and Logistics Service

The regional buying and distribution service for health and social care in Northern Ireland, supplying every trust from a single shared procurement function.

ESPO

A public sector buying organisation owned by six local authorities and constituted within Leicestershire County Council, supplying goods and frameworks nationally.

Scotland Excel

The centre of procurement expertise for Scottish local government, establishing national framework agreements that all thirty two councils buy through.

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