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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
University of Wolverhampton Enterprise Limited 495 444 £115,082
Wiltshire Council 494 284 £280,000
Stockton Borough Council 493 447 £100,179
Salford City Council 492 335 £141,500
South Yorkshire Police Headquarters 492 486 £113,674
British Transport Police 490 470 £37,000
Ypo 488 353 £6,000,000
Scottish Prison Service 487 234 £120,000
Argyll and Bute Council 482 197 £132,144
The University Of Manchester 480 154 £250,000
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government 479 382 £131,424
London Borough of Southwark 479 263 £117,347
Transport for Greater Manchester 474 363 £174,753
Partners Procurement Service 470 457 £71,229
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council 470 308 £65,000
Lancaster City Council 467 353 £60,000
Warwickshire County Council 467 364 £500,000
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust 465 314 £154,360
Merseytravel 462 291 £125,000
Derbyshire Support Facilities Services 460 432 £26,602
London Borough of Camden 460 234 £1,792,263
Bfi 457 200 £95,000
NHS Supply Chain 457 255 £56,500,000
Northern Lighthouse Board 457 337 £52,767
London Borough of Bromley 455 278 £277,000
London Borough of Sutton 454 348 £120,000
Government Digital Service 451 445 £48,194
Equality and Human Rights Commission 450 393 £33,850
Bolsover District Council 447 139 £60,000
London Borough of Newham 445 226 £227,825
Sefton Council 445 337 £94,149
University of Salford 445 255 £60,000
any of the projects listed on the portal 442 103 £487,500
Reading Borough Council 441 190 £475,000
Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council 440 417 £66,681
UK Hydrographic Office 440 377 £50,000
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB 439 431 £2,200,000
The Litmus Partnership Ltd 438 412 £760,000
Attain 436 367 £191,443
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 435 380 £98,850
Warrington Borough Council 435 229 £175,000
University of Sussex(the) 432 388 £88,190
N E L Commissioning Support Unit 431 146 £439,150
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 431 412 £133,500
Oldham Council 429 200 £115,875
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council 427 320 £143,085
Royal Borough of Greenwich - managed by GS Plus Ltd 427 427 ·
Leeds Trinity University 426 370 £50,000
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust 426 145 £76,750
Local Government Association 422 46 £25,000
Cardiff University 421 353 £290,750
Welsh Government 421 311 £590,000
Department of Health 420 269 £454,972
South Gloucestershire Council 420 255 £211,680
Desnz 412 379 £200,498
General Medical Council (GMC) 411 344 £203,000
Hertfordshire NHS Procurement 411 363 £100,000
Coventry City Council (COV) 410 210 £800,000
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation 409 347 £600,000
Gateshead Council 403 275 £100,000
The Highland Council 403 309 £298,044
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 403 393 £80,000
London Borough of Redbridge 401 225 £180,000
Genomics England Limited 398 395 £50,475
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board 396 383 £91,350
Cabinet Office : Cabinet Office 393 375 £99,114
Bury Council 392 91 £132,500
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 392 387 £75,000
CPS 390 359 £93,720
Bridgend County Borough Council 388 299 £200,652
Bassetlaw District Council 387 327 £68,975
London Luton Airport 386 5 £275,000
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 384 249 £172,500
Powys County Council 383 311 £225,000
Wrexham County Borough Council 382 219 £300,000
Office of Rail and Road 381 358 £40,000
Teesside University 381 148 £100,000
NPL Management Limited 380 329 £350,000
Trafford Council 380 204 £190,845
University of Bedfordshire 380 312 £75,000
South Lanarkshire Council 378 238 £638,405
West Lothian Council 377 282 £382,730
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust 375 351 £1,604,000
Glasgow City Council 375 279 £695,155
L&Q Construction 375 160 £181,000
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 375 312 £45,000
Orkney Islands Council 371 222 £100,000
Advance Northumberland Limited 370 136 £90,000
Epping Forest District Council 368 337 £108,404
Procurement and Logistics Service 368 275 £1,207,485
Thurrock Council 367 170 £500,000
Lancaster University 366 141 £115,000
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 365 284 £160,000
Prosper 365 357 £322,164
Student Loans Company 365 340 £181,048
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 364 303 £150,000
the Education Authority 364 284 £2,691,528
Norwich City Council 362 292 £80,000
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust 361 351 £67,500
Jisc 360 300 £394,902