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which public bodies buy the most

18,385 UK public sector organisations have published procurement notices — councils, NHS trusts, departments, universities, police forces. These are the busiest.

Ranked by number of notices published, not by spend. Medians exclude framework ceilings, which are advertised maximums rather than money committed.

BuyerNoticesAwardedMedian value
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council 1,249 1,171 £73,906
Cambridgeshire County Council 1,219 827 £112,000
Radioactive Waste Management Limited 1,219 1,179 £32,344
Norfolk County Council 1,217 863 £155,000
Essex County Council 1,208 761 £300,000
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) 1,206 1,137 £386,242
Forestry and Land Scotland 1,202 1,159 £43,559
Bank of England 1,197 1,135 £120,000
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council 1,182 1,060 £125,000
University of Leeds 1,157 546 £100,000
Southampton City Council 1,139 888 £140,000
Department for International Development 1,134 905 £3,000,000
NHS England 1,129 915 £657,720
Bath and North East Somerset Council 1,112 854 £100,590
Natural England 1,112 894 £25,000
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") 1,111 974 £1,311,500
Fife Council 1,109 573 £211,071
West Midlands Combined Authority 1,099 852 £105,000
East Sussex County Council 1,096 982 £134,950
Coventry - Solihull - Warwickshire 1,094 325 £200,000
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 1,091 884 £120,000
North Tyneside Council 1,085 795 £120,000
Portsmouth City Council 1,084 438 £537,500
Shropshire Healthcare Procurement Service 1,081 177 £100,000
Sellafield Limited 1,029 849 £368,810
Metropolitan Police Service 1,008 732 £499,000
Middlesbrough Council 998 977 £74,856
Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council 996 806 £100,000
Wokingham Borough Council 993 752 £85,500
CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services Alliance 990 748 £208,489
Brighton & Hove City Council 984 764 £179,743
Devon County Council 980 808 £240,000
Health & Safety Executive 979 757 £29,084
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council 978 516 £200,000
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board 965 923 £660,000
South Tyneside Council 964 879 £99,522
West Yorkshire Combined Authority 962 642 £105,000
Northumberland County Council 937 592 £112,500
BIP Solutions Limited 934 430 £100,000
Torbay Council 934 829 £106,250
Isle of Wight Council 928 771 £110,000
London Borough of Merton 920 732 £82,466
Financial Conduct Authority 919 835 £230,400
the university of Warwick 910 434 £128,300
Historic England 907 492 £32,000
Peterborough City Council 907 618 £95,000
Herefordshire Council 904 555 £100,000
University of Glasgow 903 661 £212,000
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 900 508 £170,000
London Borough of Lewisham 899 691 £495,735
University of Southampton 899 741 £120,000
Centre for Process Innovation Limited 897 737 £157,000
Halton Borough Council 890 719 £70,642
National Audit Office 890 846 £40,520
Worcestershire County Council 887 355 £50,000
Medway Council 882 169 £120,000
Plymouth City Council 876 716 £86,000
Greater Manchester Combined Authority 869 731 £120,123
Hm Land Registry 869 843 £50,365
Knowsley Council 869 710 £100,000
University of York 860 466 £47,000
North Northamptonshire Council 858 700 £84,600
University of Derby 858 658 £62,616
Science Museum Group 857 419 £85,000
Swindon Borough Council 856 424 £206,501
Telford & Wrekin Council 851 555 £100,000
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 848 738 £34,946
British Business Bank 837 782 £80,000
Wigan Council 836 615 £120,000
Bedford Borough Council 826 601 £161,100
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 822 774 £50,000
NHS Blood and Transplant 820 594 £300,000
Perth & Kinross Council 820 753 £39,796
The City of Edinburgh Council 818 663 £350,000
Hs2 814 757 £89,235
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 808 752 £60,000
Oxfordshire County Council 808 497 £187,596
Manchester City Council 804 582 £350,000
University of East Anglia 804 617 £168,794
Lancashire Constabulary 794 781 £50,463
Hee 792 789 £92,198
Buckinghamshire Council - e-Tendering System 786 786 £1,275,536
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport 786 720 £50,000
Southend-on-sea Borough Council 784 402 £110,000
The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London 782 651 £300,000
Wirral Borough Council 780 469 £120,000
Coventry City Council 777 701 £150,000
Office for National Statistics 774 625 £60,000
University of Edinburgh 772 629 £198,000
Sheffield Hallam University 763 700 £80,000
British Council 761 259 £100,000
Blackpool Council 753 592 £160,000
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board 749 37 £242,640
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 748 571 £62,922
Care Quality Commission 746 674 £42,300
Thirteen Housing Group Limited 745 627 £100,000
Ipswich Borough Council 744 410 £55,890
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 744 575 £130,625
Eu Supply Limited 738 156 £250,001
Forestry Commission 735 473 £100,000