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Orthopaedic implants contracts

UK public sector · 69 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
69
Last 12 months
Median contract
£50k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£17.0m
67 of 69 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
26
Suppliers
30

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most orthopaedic implants contracts took 35% of them (24 of 69).
  • The median contract, £50k, is 53% below the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
  • West Midlands had the most contracts: 27, or 39% of the total.

Who buys orthopaedic implants

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

  1. 1Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust11 contracts
  2. 2Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust9 contracts
  3. 3Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust6 contracts
  4. 4University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust6 contracts
  5. 5The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust5 contracts
  6. 6Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust4 contracts
  7. 7Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  8. 8CITY HOSPITALS INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED3 contracts
  9. 9NHS Ayrshire & Arran2 contracts
  10. 10Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts

Top orthopaedic implants contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Zimmer Biomet5 contracts
  2. 2Edge Medical5 contracts
  3. 3Hospital Innovations5 contracts
  4. 4Enovis5 contracts
  5. 5Stryker UK Limited4 contracts
  6. 6Johnson & Johnson MedTech4 contracts
  7. 7Andesco Medical Ltd4 contracts
  8. 8Arthrex Limited3 contracts
  9. 9MEDTRONIC LIMITED2 contracts
  10. 10B. Braun2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

16Q4 2025*15Q1 202622Q2 202616Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 66 · Scotland 2 · Wales 1

West Midlands27East of England10East Midlands8North East7Yorkshire and The Humber5South West3South East2Scotland2North West1London1Wales1UK-wide or not stated2

What is included

Supply of joint replacements, trauma fixation, bone cement and grafts, spinal fixation and fusion implants, and neurostimulation systems, intrathecal pumps, shunts and dural repair products, usually with loan instrumentation and theatre support.

  • Primary, revision and complex arthroplasty
  • Extremity and foot and ankle implants
  • Trauma internal and external fixation, nails, plates and screws
  • Custom-made implants
  • Bone cement, mixing systems and pulse lavage
  • Bone graft substitutes and bone allografts
  • Arthroscopy and sports medicine implants and consumables
  • Spinal fixation and fusion implants
  • Specialist paediatric spinal implants
  • Spine-specific cements and substitutes
  • Deep brain stimulation systems
  • Spinal cord stimulation
  • Sacral, vagal, dorsal root ganglion and peripheral nerve stimulators
  • Intrathecal drug delivery pumps
  • Dural repair patches and shunts

What is not included

  • Orthotic braces and footwear (hlt.cons.orthotic-products)
  • Surgical burrs, blades and craniotomy sets (hlt.cons.surgical-instruments)
  • Elective orthopaedic and spinal surgery capacity (hlt.acute.independent-sector-elective-activity)
  • Neurosurgery services (hlt.acute.general-acute-hospital-services)
  • Surgical navigation systems (hlt.equip.operating-theatre-equipment)

Often bought by the same buyers