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Vital signs monitoring contracts

UK public sector · 87 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
87
Last 12 months
Median contract
£38k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£11.6m
82 of 87 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
35
Suppliers
34

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most vital signs monitoring contracts took 41% of them (36 of 87).
  • The median contract, £38k, is 64% below the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
  • East of England had the most contracts: 22, or 25% of the total.

Who buys vital signs monitoring

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

  1. 1Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust8 contracts
  2. 2Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust6 contracts
  3. 3Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust5 contracts
  4. 4Somerset NHS Foundation Trust5 contracts
  5. 5West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust5 contracts
  6. 6Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust5 contracts
  7. 7NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership5 contracts
  8. 8Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  9. 9University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust3 contracts
  10. 10Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts

Top vital signs monitoring contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Philips Medical Systems13 contracts
  2. 2Verathon Medical (UK) Ltd9 contracts
  3. 3Uniphar Medtech5 contracts
  4. 4NJ Devices Ltd5 contracts
  5. 5Mindray4 contracts
  6. 6GE Healthcare4 contracts
  7. 7FUKUDA DENSHI UK LTD4 contracts
  8. 8Masimo4 contracts
  9. 9Mindray (UK) Limited3 contracts
  10. 10De Smit Medical3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

14Q4 2025*37Q1 202621Q2 202615Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 80 · Wales 6 · Northern Ireland 1

East of England22Yorkshire and The Humber17South East7South West7North East6Wales6London5North West4East Midlands3West Midlands1Northern Ireland1UK-wide or not stated8

What is included

Bedside, transport and continuous monitors, central stations, pulse oximetry and capnography, and everyday examination devices for wards, clinics and practices such as BP monitors, dermatoscopes, bladder scanners, vein finders, medical scales and examination couches, with accessories, servicing and calibration.

  • Patient monitors and central stations
  • Continuous vital signs monitoring
  • Pulse oximetry and capnography
  • Monitor BP cuffs and accessories
  • IV site infiltration monitors
  • Hyperbaric and transport monitors
  • Blood pressure monitors
  • Dermatoscopes
  • Bladder scanners
  • Vein visualisation devices
  • Medical weighing scales and calibration
  • Examination couches and treatment chairs
  • Physical health check device kits
  • Patient fall monitors, bed and chair exit sensors and accessories

What is not included

  • Defibrillator monitors (hlt.equip.defibrillators-and-aeds)
  • ECG machines, stress testing and sleep studies (hlt.equip.physiological-measurement-equipment)
  • Fetal monitors (hlt.equip.ventilators-anaesthesia-and-respiratory-equipment)
  • Point-of-care blood analysers (hlt.lab.point-of-care-testing)
  • Diagnostic ultrasound (hlt.equip.diagnostic-imaging-equipment)
  • Hospital beds and trolleys (hlt.equip.hospital-beds-trolleys-and-pressure-care)
  • Remote monitoring platforms (it.lob.remote-patient-monitoring)

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