Awarded 11 September 2026
NNUH/Cora Health Norwich Clinic 26/27 - Provision of Ultrasound
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · East of England
Community ultrasound tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
50 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
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Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
Community ultrasound contracts ,
50 contracts across the UK, of any size
Recently awarded
The latest community ultrasound contracts awarded
Awarded 1 September 2026
DEXA (Bone Density Scanning) Service
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · North West
Awarded 29 July 2026
Vascular Scanning Service
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · North West
Awarded 18 May 2026
Eastbourne Healthcare Partnership Non-Obstetric Ultrasound Provision of NOUS services
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · South East
Awarded 12 May 2026
Non-Obstetric Ultrasound Service - East Surrey - CAN
NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board · South East
Who wins · 24 months to October 2026
Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd won the most community ultrasound contracts
It also won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
NHS and health
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd East of England · SME · See every contract | 10 | £3m | 8 | ||
| 2 | Cora Health East of England · See every contract | 4 | £1.1m | 3 | ||
| 3 | Yorkshire Health Solutions Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 3 | £175k | 2 | ||
| 4joint | InsideVue Limited South East · See every contract | 2 | £2.3m | 1 | ||
| 4joint | Essex Ultrasound & Medical Services East of England · See every contract | 2 | £1.9m | 2 | ||
| 4joint | Beehive Solutions Limited East of England · See every contract | 2 | £726k | 2 | ||
| 4joint | Dorking Healthcare South East · See every contract | 2 | £690k | 1 | ||
| 4joint | Lakeside Medical Diagnostics Limited East of England · See every contract | 2 | £581k | 2 | ||
| 4joint | Diagnostic Ultrasound Services South East · See every contract | 2 | £580k | 1 | ||
| 4joint | Kleyn Healthcare North West · See every contract | 2 | £389k | 2 |
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Who buys
NHS and health award 100% of community ultrasound contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
12 buyers bought community ultrasound more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many community ultrasound contracts it awarded in the last 24 months.
See who they are and when they usually buy →
Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many community ultrasound contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
NHS and health
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board | 9 | £1.6m |
| 2 | NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board | 4 | £3.5m |
| 3 | NHS Essex Integrated Care Board | 4 | Not published |
| 4 | NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB | 3 | £953k |
| 5 | NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board | 2 | £2.3m |
| 6 | NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board | 2 | £1.8m |
| 7 | NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board | 2 | £1.3m |
| 8 | NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board | 2 | £1m |
| 9 | Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust | 2 | £242k |
| 10 | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 2 | £187k |
Prices
Half of community ultrasound contracts are worth less than £290k
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
NHS and health
The 10 biggest contracts hold 65% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustTomorrow Cardiovascular Limited · 29 Jul 2026
- NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care BoardEssex Ultrasound & Medical Services · 14 Jan 2025
- NHS Frimley Integrated Care BoardInsideVue Limited · 30 Jan 2026
- NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care BoardHealth Harmonie Limited · 17 Feb 2026
- NHS Frimley Integrated Care BoardInsideVue Limited · 16 Jan 2025
- NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care BoardDiagnostic Healthcare Ltd · 16 Jan 2026
- NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care BoardCora Health · 16 Jan 2026
- NHS Suffolk/Norfolk commissioning bodiesSuffolk GP Federation CIC · 25 Jul 2025
- NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care BoardBeehive Solutions Limited · 14 Jan 2025
- NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board289 Imaging Ltd T/A The Ultrasound Clinic · 2 Mar 2026
Where and when
The East of England awards the most community ultrasound contracts. January and February are the busiest months.
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
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| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 16 | £7.2m |
| South East | 12 | £4.1m |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 8 | £685k |
| North West | 6 | £4.1m |
| East Midlands | 3 | £1.3m |
| South West | 2 | £202k |
| North East | 1 | £136k |
| West Midlands | 1 | £1.1m |
| Scotland | 1 | £66k |
| London | 0 | Not published |
| Wales | 0 | Not published |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | Not published |
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Key findings
- 1
new community ultrasound tenders are published across the UK in a typical month.
25 in the last 24 months. - 65%
of the money is in the 10 biggest community ultrasound contracts.
Of 37 contracts with a published value. - 36%
of community ultrasound contracts are awarded in January and February.
18 of 50 contracts.
Questions
How many community ultrasound contracts does the UK public sector award?
50 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 26 public buyers.
How much is a typical public sector community ultrasound contract worth?
The median is £290k, and 41% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector community ultrasound contracts?
Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd won the most (10), and the most by value (£3m).
Which buyers award the most community ultrasound contracts?
NHS and health award 100% of them.
What is included
A provider runs non-obstetric ultrasound scanning with reporting, such as abdominal, pelvic, urological, MSK and vascular scans, for GP direct-access and other referrals, usually from community sites under ICB or AQP contracts.
- Direct access NOUS for GP-referred patients
- Community non-obstetric ultrasound under ICB or AQP contracts
- The NOUS element of community diagnostic centre imaging
- Ultrasound scanning with sonographer reporting
- Urodynamic and bladder scanning bought with a NOUS service
- Community DEXA bone density scanning
What is not included
- MRI and CT scanning capacity (hlt.diag.outsourced-mobile-imaging)
- Echocardiography (hlt.diag.physiological-measurement)
- Multi-test diagnostic pathways and community diagnostic centre operation (hlt.diag.rapid-diagnostic-pathways)
- Reporting only (hlt.diag.teleradiology-reporting)
- Sonographers insourced into the buyer's own department (hlt.acute.insourced-clinical-teams)
- Ultrasound machines bought as equipment (hlt.equip.diagnostic-imaging-equipment)