Screening programmes tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
68 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
Screening programmes contracts ,
68 contracts across the UK, of any size
The latest screening programmes contracts awarded
Breast Screening Service
NEL ICB Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) Screening Programme
Sickle Cell and Thalassemia lab clinical support 2027
Urgent Award - haematological screening
InHealth won the most screening programmes contracts
GXO Logistics 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 | InHealth London · See every contract | 5 | £109m | 4 | ||
| 2joint | GXO Logistics Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 3 | £421m | 1 | ||
| 2joint | Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East · See every contract | 3 | £413k | 3 | ||
| 2joint | Brook Young People North West · See every contract | 3 | £12k | 1 | ||
| 5joint | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London · See every contract | 2 | £24.2m | 1 | ||
| 5joint | King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London · See every contract | 2 | £14.2m | 1 | ||
| 5joint | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London · See every contract | 2 | £11.8m | 1 | ||
| 5joint | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust North West · See every contract | 2 | £2.4m | 1 | ||
| 5joint | Hepatitis C Trust East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 2 | £405k | 2 | ||
| 5joint | Circle Health Group South East · See every contract | 2 | £285k | 1 |
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NHS and health award 87% of screening programmes contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
10 buyers bought screening programmes more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many screening programmes contracts it awarded in the last 24 months.
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Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many screening programmes 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 England | 27 | £612m |
| 2 | NHS North West London ICB | 3 | £78k |
| 3 | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust | 2 | £56.9m |
| 4 | NHS Essex Integrated Care Board | 2 | £2.2m |
| 5 | Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | 2 | £1.8m |
| 6 | Cardiff and Vale University Health Board | 2 | £600k |
| 7 | Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 2 | £285k |
| 8 | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 2 | £42k |
| 9 | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 2 | £35k |
| 10 | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 2 | Not published |
Half of screening programmes contracts are worth less than £181k
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
The 10 biggest contracts hold 98% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- NHS EnglandGXO Logistics · 31 Jan 2026
- NHS EnglandGXO Logistics · 31 Jan 2026
- NHS EnglandGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Barts Health NHS Trust, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Whittington Health NHS Trust, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Your Healthcare CIC · 21 Mar 2025
- NHS EnglandWinner not published · 2 Mar 2026
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustInHealth · 28 Mar 2025
- NHS EnglandKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · 27 May 2025
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustWinner not published · 21 Sep 2026
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustInHealth · 21 Sep 2026
- NHS EnglandInHealth · 8 Nov 2024
- NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care BoardInHealth · 23 Oct 2025
London awards the most screening programmes contracts. March and April 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 |
|---|---|---|
| London | 13 | £244m |
| North West | 9 | £3.7m |
| East of England | 9 | £3.2m |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 8 | £2.1m |
| South East | 6 | £53m |
| North East | 5 | £431k |
| West Midlands | 4 | £644k |
| East Midlands | 3 | £12.3m |
| South West | 3 | £421k |
| Wales | 2 | £600k |
| Scotland | 0 | Not published |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | Not published |
Half of screening programmes tenders close within 30 days of being published
Each dot is a screening programmes tender published across the UK in the last 24 months, by how many days it was open. 64% closed within a month. Spot one a week late and 23% of the time to respond has gone.
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- 30 days
is how long the typical screening programmes tender is open, from publication to deadline.
Median of 14 UK screening programmes tenders published in the last 24 months. - 1
new screening programmes tenders are published across the UK in a typical month.
35 in the last 24 months. - 98%
of the money is in the 10 biggest screening programmes contracts.
Of 54 contracts with a published value. - 33%
of screening programmes contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 15 award notices. - 40%
of screening programmes contracts are awarded in March and April.
27 of 68 contracts.
Questions
How many screening programmes contracts does the UK public sector award?
68 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 32 public buyers.
How long are screening programmes tenders open for?
The median screening programmes tender is open for 30 days from publication to deadline.
How much is a typical public sector screening programmes contract worth?
The median is £181k, and 56% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector screening programmes contracts?
InHealth won the most (5). GXO Logistics won the most by value (£421m).
Which buyers award the most screening programmes contracts?
NHS and health award 87% of them.
What is included
Delivery or support of population and targeted screening and testing programmes, such as children's vision screening, cervical screening, and staffed COVID-19, outbreak and latent TB testing.
- School-entry children's vision screening
- Cervical screening within sexual health services
- Assisted COVID-19 testing sites
- Outbreak and pandemic testing programmes
- Site sourcing, assessment and booking logistics for mobile screening units
What is not included
- Diabetic eye screening programmes (hlt.diag.diabetic-eye-screening)
- Lung screening CT capacity (hlt.diag.outsourced-mobile-imaging)
- Mobile screening vehicles hired on their own (hlt.acute.mobile-modular-clinical-units)
- STI and HIV self-sampling (hlt.comm.sexual-health-e-services)
- Test kits and point-of-care tests bought as goods (hlt.lab.point-of-care-testing)
- Screening QA and registry software (it.lob.clinical-registry-and-audit)