Public buyer
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See Pro Directly awarded
£4.3bn
159 contracts
Median contract
£9.6m
typical award size
Active now
42
£107.9m direct value
Suppliers used
295
distinct suppliers
Expiring ≤ 9 months
14
£10.4m up for recompete
Biggest direct award
£1.8bn
19 notices name multiple suppliers, with a combined published ceiling of £7.1bn . 14 explicitly mention a framework.
Awarded value by year — direct awards
▲ £1.8bn awarded in the last 12 months, vs an average of £829.5m /year over the prior three.
Top suppliers By value By volume
CASCADE INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED 1× £1,750,000,000 NETWORK PLUS SERVICES LTD 2× £130,000,000 ARQIVA LIMITED 1× £130,000,000 CBRE MANAGED SERVICES LIMITED 1× £99,000,000 TURNER & TOWNSEND INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED 2× £50,000,000 SALESFORCE UK LIMITED 2× £29,491,193.43 MICROSOFT LIMITED 1× £27,250,000 WCS ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LTD 1× £11,250,000 4RECYCLING LTD 1× £10,000,000 BENTLEY SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED 2× £5,253,140.59
Route to market
Restricted or negotiated 9% £2.2bn Bought through a framework 3% £15.1m Framework set up 34% £8.9bn Percentages are of notices, not value. 48 notices did not state a route.
Sectors
Architecture & engineering · 131 IT services · 83 Environmental & waste services · 78 Construction work · 55 Business services · 51 Construction materials · 43 Repair & maintenance · 42 Industrial machinery · 41
Recompete pipeline — their active contracts approaching end date 6 mo · 8 12 mo · 15 24 mo · 17
Engineering Software Incumbent: AON SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED, ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED, BENTLEY SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED, Endsleigh Business, ASSUREDPARTNERS REGIONS LTD, MILLER INSURANCE SERVICES LLP, Zurich Insurance Plc - 30 Sept 2026this month PRO004930-Goods-Contract-MBBR 65 Units (Addendum) Incumbent: SILTBUSTER LIMITED £1,800,000 12 Oct 2026this month Paradigm Analysis Platform Incumbent: SME WATER LTD - 11 Nov 2026in ~1 mo PRO004931-Services-Contract-Contact Centre Resources Incumbent: CONCENTRIX TSC UK LTD - 07 Dec 2026in ~2 mo SAP Annual Support and Maintenance Renewal Incumbent: SAP (UK) LIMITED £2,286,398.04 31 Dec 2026in ~3 mo Street Works UK Incumbent: RSK ENVIRONMENT LIMITED £502,267 31 Dec 2026in ~3 mo Polychem storm tank chain and flight scraper system components Incumbent: BRENTWOOD EUROPE LTD £720,000 31 Dec 2026in ~3 mo RFP0001-Goods-Contract-Supply, Delivery & Installation of Biological Treatment Equipment Incumbent: SILTBUSTER LIMITED £350,000 26 Jan 2027in ~4 mo Implementation Support of SAP Success Factors Incumbent: THE HR FIXERS LIMITED £600,000 31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo Hydraulic simulation licences Incumbent: DNV UK LIMITED £38,700.33 31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo Digital SaaS Interface Platform Incumbent: KAINOS SOFTWARE LIMITED £110,000 31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo Configurable platform licences Incumbent: PHIXFLOW LTD £257,885 31 Mar 2027in ~6 mo Service & Maintenance of HGV's Incumbent: THOMAS HARDIE COMMERCIALS LIMITED £580,000 14 May 2027in ~7 mo GIS Platform Upgrade - Detailed Design Phase Incumbent: ESRI (UK) LIMITED £3,200,000 01 Jun 2027in ~8 mo Meter Data Management System Incumbent: ITRON METERING SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED - 31 Jul 2027in ~10 mo
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Built from published procurement notices (Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales), matched by buyer name. Values are award values as published, not payments.