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Medical ventilators contracts

UK public sector · 112 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
112
Last 12 months
Median contract
£45k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£47.4m
109 of 112 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
40
Suppliers
36

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most medical ventilators contracts took 40% of them (45 of 112).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 49% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £45k, is 57% below the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
  • East of England had the most contracts: 32, or 29% of the total.

Who buys medical ventilators

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

  1. 1Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust13 contracts
  2. 2Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust9 contracts
  3. 3East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust7 contracts
  4. 4Somerset NHS Foundation Trust6 contracts
  5. 5Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust5 contracts
  6. 6Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust5 contracts
  7. 7Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust4 contracts
  8. 8NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership4 contracts
  9. 9Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust4 contracts
  10. 10Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust4 contracts

Top medical ventilators contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Draeger Medical UK Ltd15 contracts
  2. 2Hamilton Medical10 contracts
  3. 3GE Healthcare8 contracts
  4. 4ResMed6 contracts
  5. 5Huntleigh6 contracts
  6. 6Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited5 contracts
  7. 7Vapotherm UK Ltd5 contracts
  8. 8Inspiration Healthcare5 contracts
  9. 9Breas Medical Ltd5 contracts
  10. 10Getinge4 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

22Q4 2025*43Q1 202623Q2 202622Q3 20262Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 101 · Wales 7 · Northern Ireland 2 · Scotland 2

East of England32Yorkshire and The Humber22South West11South East7Wales7North West6West Midlands6North East5East Midlands4London4Scotland2Northern Ireland2UK-wide or not stated4

What is included

Critical care and transport ventilators, anaesthesia machines and vaporisers, gas capture, CPAP and NIV devices, laryngoscopes and fluid warmers, and neonatal and maternity equipment such as incubators, infant warmers, phototherapy and fetal monitors.

  • Ventilators including MRI-compatible
  • Anaesthesia machines and vaporisers
  • Anaesthetic gas capture devices
  • CPAP, BiPAP and NIV devices and consumables bought as equipment
  • Video laryngoscope systems
  • Blood and fluid warmers
  • Incubators and combined incubator-warmers
  • Neonatal incubator spare parts
  • Infant warmers
  • Neonatal and paediatric phototherapy
  • Fetal monitors
  • Clinical suction equipment, including gas-driven (venturi) vacuum and portable suction units

What is not included

  • Inhalation anaesthetic agents (hlt.pharm.medicines)
  • Medical gases (hlt.pharm.medical-gases)
  • Home oxygen (hlt.pharm.home-oxygen-service)
  • Airway consumables and laryngoscope blades (hlt.cons.airway-respiratory-consumables)
  • Sleep diagnostics (hlt.equip.physiological-measurement-equipment)
  • Sleep apnoea and home CPAP or NIV patient services (hlt.diag.sleep-apnoea-services)
  • Laboratory CO2 incubators (hlt.lab.general-laboratory-equipment)
  • Infant tagging (sec.access.infant-tagging)

Often bought by the same buyers