Medical equipment and pharmaceuticals contracts expiring in North East England: 16 worth £1.8m

16 medical equipment and pharmaceuticals contracts in North East England carry a published end date, worth £1.8m between them. They are held across 9 buyers, and the typical one is worth £100k.

11 of them expire within twelve months, and 2 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 69% of this market back in play inside a year.

15 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 25% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.

1 is a framework rather than a single contract, so part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.

The most active buyers are Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (4), Hartlepool Borough Council (3), THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (2).

The contracts here are most often held by Boston Scientific Ltd (2), THE NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST (1), The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) (1).