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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
Scottish Police Authority 735 600 £218,781
South Ayrshire Council 735 589 £100,000
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited 734 262 £7,500,000
Oxford City Council 734 510 £99,999
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 734 456 £253,000
Doncaster MBC 729 612 £100,000
The National Archives 724 691 £49,697
Cheshire East Borough Council 720 496 £196,284
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government 717 654 £90,000
Noe-cpc 716 185 £155,000
Food Standards Agency 706 598 £69,225
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 699 649 £74,490
North Somerset Council 699 603 £99,000
Cefas 693 496 £37,047
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board 691 645 £1
Competition and Markets Authority 690 637 £43,132
Quadrant Construction Services Limited 690 684 £133,000
Coventry University 687 579 £71,831
Luton Council 684 500 £150,000
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust 680 624 £258,229
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) 676 230 £29,500
University of Exeter 674 541 £110,000
Intellectual Property Office 673 626 £24,000
Homes & Communities Agency 672 645 £30,800
Hartlepool Borough Council 661 581 £50,000
City & County of Swansea 659 459 £103,800
Espo 659 577 £5,000,000
NHS Digital 658 612 £100,000
LGSS 651 256 £70,000
University of Bristol 651 477 £180,000
Cabinet Office 648 617 £58,324
Nuclear Restoration Services Limited 646 597 £77,991
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust 645 584 £95,000
University of Plymouth 643 514 £100,000
Supply Hertfordshire 641 241 £385,000
Aberdeenshire Council 640 325 £205,772
NHS South West - Acutes 639 283 £110,000
Royal Borough of Greenwich 639 449 £230,000
Tees Valley Combined Authority 637 556 £98,000
Nottingham Trent University 634 572 £62,982
Atamis Ltd 627 566 £386,425
Babcock International Group PLC 619 515 £95,801
Westminster City Council 618 375 £300,000
University of Strathclyde 617 393 £175,000
DVSA - Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency 615 529 £75,000
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire 615 591 £60,000
Cheshire East Council 604 535 £79,715
London Borough of Hounslow 604 375 £180,000
Walsall Council e-Tendering 603 193 £305,000
Renfrewshire Council 602 394 £282,600
St.Helens Council 602 293 £100,000
East Suffolk Council 601 423 £123,290
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 598 517 £100,000
Tower Hamlets 594 410 £500,000
North Lanarkshire Council 593 455 £477,500
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust 590 480 £46,039
East Ayrshire Council 589 351 £320,000
University of Bath 589 299 £100,000
London Borough of Lambeth 586 98 £150,000
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority 583 508 £450,000
Stevenage Borough Council 581 537 £99,987
Canterbury City Council 576 500 £100,000
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 574 494 £115,000
Dumfries and Galloway Council 571 223 £182,400
London Borough of Islington 567 417 £1,112,400
Ofgem 562 481 £120,000
Birmingham Childrens Hospital 560 542 £93,035
North of England Commissioning Support 560 225 £676,255
Aberdeen City Council 559 281 £351,450
Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency 552 480 £107,865
NHS Business Services Authority 550 467 £45,000
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham 543 286 £92,500
North Ayrshire Council 543 388 £300,000
Cardiff City Council 542 542 ·
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 540 439 £143,873
Southern Housing 540 509 £269,490
Caerphilly County Borough Council 538 303 £125,000
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 538 290 £152,152
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult 533 474 £65,000
Valuation Office Agency 532 514 £45,427
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 528 268 £300,000
De Montfort University 526 124 £400,000
London Borough of Ealing 524 345 £278,000
Wakefield Council 524 414 £110,000
Aston University 521 399 £99,500
University of Nottingham (The) 521 498 £51,243
NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB 520 498 £2,687,745
Hertfordshire County Council 519 390 £1,157,640
DVLA - Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency 518 491 £78,234
Post Office Limited 518 325 £160,000
Partners Procurement Service (PPS) 516 491 £68,115
City of York Council 513 286 £239,000
Ofcom 513 458 £85,176
Department for Business & Trade 509 470 £113,698
The Crown Estate 509 484 £55,000
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 508 374 £300,000
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office 508 483 £29,365
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust 502 450 £83,583
Defence Equipment and Support 500 331 £3,000,000
Shropshire Council 496 378 £500,000