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Hospital beds contracts

UK public sector · 152 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
152
Last 12 months
Median contract
£47k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£21.7m
141 of 151 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
55
Suppliers
59

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most hospital beds contracts took 43% of them (65 of 152).
  • The median contract, £47k, is 56% below the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
  • Yorkshire and The Humber had the most contracts: 37, or 24% of the total.

Who buys hospital beds

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Partners Procurement Service (PPS)19 contracts
  2. 2Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust18 contracts
  3. 3NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership12 contracts
  4. 4Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust9 contracts
  5. 5United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust9 contracts
  6. 6Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust6 contracts
  7. 7West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust5 contracts
  8. 8University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  9. 9Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  10. 10The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust3 contracts

Top hospital beds contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Arjo26 contracts
  2. 2Stryker UK Limited17 contracts
  3. 3Medstrom9 contracts
  4. 4Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare8 contracts
  5. 5Direct Healthcare Group7 contracts
  6. 6Ferno UK Ltd6 contracts
  7. 7Ocura Healthcare Furniture6 contracts
  8. 8Winncare PAC Limited5 contracts
  9. 9Anetic Aid Ltd5 contracts
  10. 10Hillrom5 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

33Q4 2025*57Q1 202632Q2 202630Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 132 · Wales 12 · Scotland 8

Yorkshire and The Humber37East of England24London24South West12Wales12North East8East Midlands8Scotland8South East6North West5West Midlands2UK-wide or not stated6

What is included

Acute, community, ICU and bariatric beds, trolleys, stretchers and patient chairs, pressure-relieving mattresses and cushions, and mobile and ceiling hoists, slings and assisted baths, bought, rented, leased or under managed service, with maintenance and LOLER inspection.

  • Hospital and community bed frames
  • Static and dynamic mattresses and cushions
  • Bed and mattress rental and managed services
  • Bariatric beds, seating and equipment hire
  • Trolleys, stretchers and patient chairs
  • Bed and trolley PPM
  • Mobile and ceiling track hoists
  • Slings
  • Hoist weighers
  • Assisted medical baths
  • LOLER inspection and servicing of hoists

What is not included

  • Mattress decontamination alone (cln.clin.mattress-decontamination-and-repair)
  • Examination couches (hlt.equip.patient-monitoring-systems)
  • Community equipment loan stores (soc.equip.integrated-community-equipment-service)
  • Hoist and equipment servicing for community equipment services (soc.equip.hoist-and-equipment-servicing)
  • Wheelchair cushions (hlt.equip.wheelchairs-seating-and-walking-aids)
  • Lifts and stairlifts (con.lifts.stairlifts-access-lifts)
  • Manual handling training (another industry: education-training)