Hearing aid fitting tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
91 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
Hearing aid fitting contracts ,
91 contracts across the UK, of any size
The latest hearing aid fitting contracts awarded
Audiology Insourcing
Audiology Services - North Staffordshire
Audiology Services - South Staffordshire
Audiology Adult Hearing Service (Non-Complex) - NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
Specsavers won the most hearing aid fitting contracts
It also won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Specsavers West Midlands · See every contract | 26 | £61.5m | 16 | ||
| 2 | Scrivens Opticians and Hearing Care West Midlands · See every contract | 21 | £5.5m | 13 | ||
| 3 | Audiological Science Ltd London · See every contract | 10 | £15.9m | 7 | ||
| 4 | The Outside Clinic West Midlands · See every contract | 7 | £360k | 6 | ||
| 5joint | Modality Partnership West Midlands · See every contract | 4 | £323k | 4 | ||
| 5joint | Community Health and Eyecare (CHEC) East of England · See every contract | 4 | Not published | 3 | ||
| 7joint | Express Diagnostics Ltd South West · See every contract | 3 | £3.3m | 1 | ||
| 7joint | Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) North East · See every contract | 3 | £1.9m | 3 | ||
| 7joint | Outpatient Network North East · SME · See every contract | 3 | £190k | 2 | ||
| 7joint | InHealth London · See every contract | 3 | Not published | 1 |
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NHS and health award 100% of hearing aid fitting contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
16 buyers bought hearing aid fitting more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many hearing aid fitting 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 hearing aid fitting contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NHS North West London ICB | 16 | £16.5m |
| 2 | NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board | 12 | £10.3m |
| 3 | NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB | 12 | Not published |
| 4 | NHS Devon Integrated Care Board | 6 | £15.2m |
| 5 | NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board | 6 | £9.9m |
| 6 | NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board | 4 | £8.7m |
| 7 | NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board | 4 | £1.7m |
| 8 | NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board | 3 | £11m |
| 9 | NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board | 3 | £5.1m |
| 10 | NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board | 3 | £245k |
Half of hearing aid fitting contracts are worth less than £728k
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
The 10 biggest contracts hold 70% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care BoardSpecsavers · 15 Jan 2025
- NHS Devon Integrated Care BoardRoyal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · 24 Jan 2025
- NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care BoardSpecsavers · 4 Feb 2025
- NHS North West London ICBAudiological Science Ltd · 9 Mar 2026
- NHS North West London ICBAudiological Science Ltd · 7 Oct 2026
- NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care BoardSpecsavers · 23 Mar 2025
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care BoardSpecsavers · 18 Dec 2024
- NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care BoardSpecsavers · 23 Apr 2026
- NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care BoardSEAMAP LIMITED · 23 Mar 2025
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care BoardAction Deafness · 21 Nov 2024
The West Midlands awards the most hearing aid fitting contracts. December and August are the busiest months.
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
See the regions as a table
| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 17 | £18.9m |
| London | 16 | £16.5m |
| North West | 15 | £11m |
| South West | 11 | £20.5m |
| South East | 10 | £10.3m |
| East of England | 9 | £5.1m |
| North East | 7 | £1.8m |
| East Midlands | 3 | £24.8m |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 1 | Not published |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | £1.9m |
| Wales | 0 | Not published |
| Scotland | 0 | Not published |
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new hearing aid fitting tenders are published across the UK in a typical month.
74 in the last 24 months. - 70%
of the money is in the 10 biggest hearing aid fitting contracts.
Of 54 contracts with a published value. - 35%
of hearing aid fitting contracts are awarded in December and August.
32 of 91 contracts.
Questions
How many hearing aid fitting contracts does the UK public sector award?
91 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 24 public buyers.
How much is a typical public sector hearing aid fitting contract worth?
The median is £728k, and 33% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector hearing aid fitting contracts?
Specsavers won the most (26), and the most by value (£61.5m).
Which buyers award the most hearing aid fitting contracts?
NHS and health award 100% of them.
What is included
Hearing assessment, hearing aid fitting, rehabilitation and aftercare for adults with age-related hearing loss, usually under Any Qualified Provider or ICB contracts.
- Age-related hearing loss AQP services
- Community audiology
- Hearing aid fitting and aftercare
- Audiology pathway activity outsourced by trusts
What is not included
- Hearing aids and audiology equipment bought as goods (hlt.equip.audiology-equipment-and-hearing-aids)
- Newborn and school entry hearing screening (hlt.diag.screening-programmes, hlt.comm.healthy-child-programme-0-19)
- Audiology software (it.lob.audiology-system)