cpv 75 · Administration, defence and social security services
public administration and defence
8,000 UK public sector contracts and tenders for public administration and defence, from 1,222 buyers since 17 Dec 2014. The typical contract is worth £474,130. 25 are still open.
the biggest awarded contracts in public administration and defence
Contracts that name a winning supplier, ranked by the value the buyer published, excluding those flagged as a maximum rather than a price. Figures are as published; gvtcx does not adjust them. A large contract is often a multi-year framework, so the value is what may be spent over its whole life — and where several suppliers share one framework, each is shown against the framework's full value rather than its own share.
who wins this work
Suppliers with the most recorded awards in this category. Median rather than total, because framework ceilings are published in the same field as real contract values.
| supplier | awards | median value |
|---|---|---|
| Oxford Policy Management Limited | 97 | £9,799,999 |
| Palladium International Limited | 66 | £11,204,365 |
| Ingeus UK Limited | 55 | £1,154,194 |
| DAI Global UK Ltd | 52 | £7,003,017 |
| Coffey International Development Ltd | 45 | £732,465 |
| IMC Worldwide Ltd | 42 | £946,473 |
| Ecorys UK Limited | 37 | £3,248,135 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | 36 | £931,780 |
| Marston (Holdings) Limited | 36 | £3,050,000 |
| Newlyn PLC | 35 | £1,622,500 |
| Oxford Policy Management | 34 | £752,755 |
| Adam Smith International Ltd | 32 | £6,418,740 |
| Edenred (UK Group) Ltd | 30 | £1,123,000 |
| Bristow & Sutor | 30 | £2,250,000 |
| AECOM Limited | 28 | £547,505 |
who buys it
by region
- London 827
- South East 636
- Scotland 625
- West Midlands 598
- South West 536
- Yorkshire and the Humber 453
- North West 422
- East Midlands 404
- East of England 401
- North East 380
- Wales 306
- Northern Ireland 62
over time
| year | contracts | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 123 | |
| 2016 | 947 | |
| 2017 | 579 | |
| 2018 | 558 | |
| 2019 | 613 | |
| 2020 | 542 | |
| 2021 | 984 | |
| 2022 | 923 | |
| 2023 | 878 | |
| 2024 | 796 | |
| 2025 | 643 | |
| 2026 | 410 |
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