NHS 111 tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
67 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
NHS 111 contracts ,
67 contracts across the UK, of any size
6 NHS 111 opportunities are live now
6 from the NHS and health bodies. The 2 closing soonest are shown in full.
Provision of 111-2 Service
East Berkshire Primary Care won the most NHS 111 contracts
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust 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 | East Berkshire Primary Care South East · See every contract | 5 | £16m | 2 | ||
| 2 | Integrated Care 24 East of England · See every contract | 4 | £166m | 4 | ||
| 3joint | PHL Group West Midlands · See every contract | 3 | £19.8m | 2 | ||
| 3joint | DHU Healthcare East Midlands · See every contract | 3 | £10.1m | 1 | ||
| 3joint | BARDOC North West · See every contract | 3 | £9.7m | 1 | ||
| 6joint | Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust South West · See every contract | 2 | £422m | 1 | ||
| 6joint | Vocare limited North East · See every contract | 2 | £8.7m | 2 | ||
| 6joint | Shropshire Doctors Cooperative Ltd Wales · SME · See every contract | 2 | £6.9m | 1 | ||
| 6joint | Derbyshire Healthcare CIC East Midlands · See every contract | 2 | £6.1m | 1 | ||
| 6joint | Primary Care Cheshire Community Interest Company North West · See every contract | 2 | £799k | 1 |
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NHS and health award 99% of NHS 111 contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
15 buyers bought NHS 111 more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many NHS 111 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 NHS 111 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 East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board | 9 | £121m |
| 2 | NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board | 6 | £24.1m |
| 3 | NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB | 5 | £18.3m |
| 4 | NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board | 4 | £9.8m |
| 5 | NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board | 3 | £251m |
| 6 | NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board | 3 | £80m |
| 7 | NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board | 3 | £74.8m |
| 8 | NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board | 3 | £24.7m |
| 9 | NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board | 3 | £9.7m |
| 10 | NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership | 3 | £7.1m |
Half of NHS 111 contracts are worth less than £4.4m
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
The 10 biggest contracts hold 80% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care BoardDorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust · 16 Dec 2025
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care BoardYorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust · 5 Mar 2026
- NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care BoardIntegrated Care 24 · 14 Mar 2025
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care BoardNorth East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust · 1 Oct 2025
- NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care BoardSouth Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust · 9 Mar 2026
- NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care BoardNEMS Community Benefit Services · 5 Jun 2025
- NHS North East London Integrated Care BoardLondon Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) · 13 Nov 2025
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care BoardLocal Care Direct Limited · 5 Mar 2026
- NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care BoardKernow Health CIC · 20 Feb 2026
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care BoardSouth Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · 29 Jul 2025
Where and when NHS 111 contracts are awarded
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
See the regions as a table
| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| North East | 10 | £121m |
| North West | 10 | £34.8m |
| East Midlands | 9 | £98.9m |
| South East | 8 | £100m |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 7 | £256m |
| West Midlands | 5 | £72.5m |
| South West | 4 | £477m |
| East of England | 3 | £132m |
| London | 3 | £70.2m |
| Wales | 3 | £7.1m |
| Scotland | 3 | £5.9m |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | Not published |
Half of NHS 111 tenders close within 34 days of being published
Each dot is a NHS 111 tender published across the UK in the last 24 months, by how many days it was open. 27% closed within a month. Spot one a week late and 21% of the time to respond has gone.
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- 34 days
is how long the typical NHS 111 tender is open, from publication to deadline.
Median of 11 UK NHS 111 tenders published in the last 24 months. - 3
new NHS 111 tenders are published across the UK in a typical month.
65 in the last 24 months. - 80%
of the money is in the 10 biggest NHS 111 contracts.
Of 60 contracts with a published value.
Questions
How many NHS 111 contracts does the UK public sector award?
67 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 29 public buyers.
How long are NHS 111 tenders open for?
The median NHS 111 tender is open for 34 days from publication to deadline.
How much is a typical public sector NHS 111 contract worth?
The median is £4.4m, and 12% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector NHS 111 contracts?
East Berkshire Primary Care won the most (5). Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust won the most by value (£422m).
Which buyers award the most NHS 111 contracts?
NHS and health award 99% of them.
What is included
NHS 111 call handling and clinical assessment services, and GP telephone assessment, base appointments and home visits when practices are closed, bought as standalone or integrated urgent care contracts, including in-hours acute home visiting.
- NHS 111 integrated urgent care contracts
- Clinical assessment services
- 111 Online clinical call-back
- Primary Care Speak To triage
- 111 CAS resilience capacity
- GP out-of-hours services
- Out-of-hours home visiting
- In-hours acute home visiting services
What is not included
- Urgent treatment centres and same-day hubs (hlt.primary.urgent-treatment-centres)
- Urgent community response by community nursing teams (hlt.comm.urgent-community-response)
- 999 ambulance support (hlt.amb.emergency-ambulance-support)
- Telephony and triage software (it.lob.online-consultation-and-triage, it.tel.contact-centre-software)