Skip to content
SkimSkim home
AwardedUnited KingdomGoods£400,000,000Add to pipeline

Wound Closure

Awarded to ASSUT UK LTD, Advanced Medical Solutions Ltd, Anser Medical Ltd +36 more

Supply Chain Coordination Limited(buyer)

Published
Published 14 October 2025
Deadline
Closed 17 January 2025

Tender documents

Skim pulls every file the buyer attaches to this process and extracts the requirements from it.

Documents as they publish

Specification, evaluation criteria, pricing schedules and every requirement — extracted, searchable and mapped to your response.

View tender files

Overview

Supply Chain Coordination Limited has awarded a framework agreement for wound closure products, including sutures, haemostats, tissue adhesives, suture needles, skin staplers, and wound closure strips, to 41 suppliers effective 29 September 2025. The framework is valued at £400 million over its term with anticipated first-year expenditure of approximately £87.8 million, serving NHS bodies with quantities to be determined by purchasing needs.

Contracting authority

Find the key decision makers

The people who scope, score and sign this contract — names, roles and how to reach them.

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
Awarded
Category
Goods
Estimated value
£400,000,000
Procedure
Open
SME suitable
Yes
Published
14 October 2025
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
AdhesivesMedical consumablesDisposable non-chemical medical consumables and haematological consumablesSurgical suturesAbsorbable haemostaticsNeedles for sutures

Award outcome

Awarded value
£400,000,000
Award date
29 September 2025
Contract period
19 January 2026 → 18 January 2030
Winners
  • ASSUT UK LTD
  • Advanced Medical Solutions Ltd
  • Anser Medical Ltd
  • Aquilant Limited
  • Artivion UK Ltd
  • B. Braun Medical Limited
  • Baxter Healthcare Ltd
  • Chemence Ltd
  • Crest Medical Ltd
  • Critical Healthcare Ltd
  • Delta Surgical Ltd
  • Essity UK Limited
  • GS Medical Healthcare Ltd
  • Gentell UK Ltd
  • Healthium Medtech UK Limited
  • Ideal Medical Solutions Ltd
  • Johnson & Johnson Medical Ltd
  • KCI Medical Limited
  • Kebomed UK Ltd
  • Lenience UK Ltd
  • Mediq Healthcare UK Ltd
  • Medline Industries Ltd
  • Medtronic Limited
  • Meril UK Pvt Ltd
  • OscarTech UK Ltd
  • P3 Medical Ltd
  • Pearsalls Ltd
  • R&D Surgical Ltd
  • Reflex Medical Limited
  • Reliance Medical Ltd
  • Richardson Healthcare Ltd
  • SAI MEDICAL SOLUTIONS LTD
  • Sela Medical UK LTD
  • Stryker UK Ltd
  • T.J.SMITH AND NEPHEW LIMITED
  • TFX Group Ltd
  • Terumo Aortic Ltd
  • Uniplex UK Ltd
  • Winners First Trading Limited

Contract ending soon? Skim tracks incumbents and flags recompetes early. Start for Free to set up alerts.

Notice history

Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.

  1. Contract Award Notice

    14 October 2025

Get the full picture

AI analysis, bid scoring, and expert strategy for this tender

Skim analyses every tender against your company profile and tells you whether to bid, how to win, and who you are up against.

How to win this tender

Skim reads the notice and every document attached to it, scores the fit against your company profile for a clear bid or no-bid call, then drafts each answer from your own evidence and past bids. You review, refine and submit — on time, with every requirement covered.

See exactly how Skim’s agents do this →

Comparing platforms? Skim is set against the alternatives for pre-tender intelligence, tender management software and bid management software.

Find tenders like this before your competitors do.

Skim scans every portal daily and scores each tender against your profile. Start for free and see the tenders you are missing.