We provide tailored, flexible procurement support to meet your specific requirements within the wider commercial support and strategic procurement space, whether you are a Trust, Integrated Care Board or Integrated Care System.
In 2025, we supported more than 30 NHS organisations, delivering over 450 strategic procurement projects with a combined value of £1.3bn. The impact? £6.5m in cash‑releasing savings delivered directly back into NHS budgets.
Our team of experienced procurement professionals act as an extension of your team, providing additional delivery capacity, so you can focus on key strategic priorities, contract management and operational improvement.
With no up‑front cost and flexible commercial models, we can support procurement teams facing immediate pressure, and help build long‑term strategic savings plans required for future sustainability.
Commercial Delivery Partner Services
How we can support you
End-to-end bespoke procurement projects and programmes
Leading value-based procurements, as well as running further competitions off a framework agreement. We provide the right specialist procurement capacity needed to deliver different types of opportunities, which is often cheaper than internal recruitment or agency staff.
Strategic workplan development and delivery
Prioritisation of key opportunities so you can drive best value and outcomes, and maximise the cash-releasing savings available from your non-pay spend
Procurement strategy and policy creation
Including support with business case development or review. We ensure alignment with national policy, legislative changes, as well as your local objectives and priorities.
Category strategy creation and ongoing management
Including data analysis, market research and engagement. We support you to drive savings opportunities through aggregation of spend and the standardisation of products and services.
Contract management
In an advisory capacity, or specific support for challenging contracts, so you can get the most out of your strategic contracts and supplier relationships, identifying opportunities for innovation and minimising risk.
Best-in-class sustainability and social value guidelines
Sustainability and social value is embedded into activities in the areas where it can truly add value and we provide a clear baseline to measure improvements.
Collaboration, standardisation, and aggregation of total ICS volumes
We bring organisations together across common spend areas, effectively managing stakeholders and helping you to work together to drive collaborative value.
Capital equipment sourcing
A fully managed service that includes major medical equipment, digital and IT, and hospital furniture. End-to-end solutions are tailored to meet your requirements and delivered by our specialists, so you can focus on other strategic priorities.
Complete Managed Procurement Service
For Trusts, ICSs and ICBs, providing reliable, scalable procurement delivery capacity and expertise for all of your procurement needs, reducing running costs, unlocking service improvements and delivering savings.
Featured Case study
Equipping CDCs in Norfolk & Waveney
We delivered c.20% equipment savings for Norfolk and Waveney Acute Hospital Collaborative's three new Community Diagnostic Centres...
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“NHS Greater Manchester has worked closely with NHS SBS to develop our Provider Procurement Collaborative agenda. Our 9 Trusts Collaborative has required a flexible and agile approach from NHS SBS with their willingness to deploy resources to support savings delivery. The relationship has been open and transparent with a commitment to shared learnings as we have navigated the challenges of aggregated procurement for 9 independent Trusts. NHS SBS have been easy to work with; enthusiastic and professional.”
Simon Walsh MCIPS
Group Procurement Director & Joint GM Procurement Lead
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
“NHS SBS has worked closely with our ICB providing specialist procurement advice and delivery support for a critical service contract. The knowledge, dedication and service quality from the team has been excellent, giving full confidence in us achieving an optimal and compliant outcome. NHS SBS has also provided us with crucial advice and training to help prepare for the Provider Selection Regime. I would not hesitate to recommend NHS SBS as a strategic procurement partner.”
Professor Craig Harris
Chief of Strategy, Commissioning & Integration
Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB
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Dr Beng So, renal consultant at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, talks with NHS SBS’s Alex Curling about the support provided for a new renal and outpatient managed service contract for the Fylde area.
“Pulling off a procurement in seven weeks from first introduction, including advice, market engagement, ITQ, interview and outcome report is incredible. Especially mid-pandemic!”
Murrae Tolson
Strategic Commissioner Coordinator
My Care London
“Excellent engagement on the ongoing renal project. End user department feedback excellent too. We would recommend NHS SBS to other colleagues, certainly for bespoke project work.”
Linda Bailey
Deputy Director of Procurement
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
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Why Partner with us?
We add value through the development and implementation of high-quality, cost effective corporate services, providing a level of innovation and efficiency which would be impossible for an organisation to deliver in isolation.
Enquire todayAs a trusted partner for the public sector for 20 years, find out how we can help improve your public services
As a trusted partner for the public sector for 20 years, find out how our experts can help improve your public services.
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