cpv 79 · Business services: legal, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security
business and professional services
76,219 UK public sector contracts and tenders for business and professional services, from 4,469 buyers since 17 Dec 2014. The typical contract is worth £80,000. 221 are still open.
the biggest awarded contracts in business and professional services
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd | 1,083 | £87,504 |
| Venesky Brown Ltd | 720 | £125,990 |
| Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited | 568 | £544,346 |
| Deloitte LLP | 565 | £169,851 |
| LA International Computer Consultants Ltd | 531 | £51,413 |
| Kpmg Llp | 486 | £172,792 |
| Wilkin Chapman LLP | 472 | £70,000 |
| Allen Lane Limited | 424 | £94,039 |
| Certes Computing Ltd | 417 | £34,890 |
| Ernst & Young LLP | 387 | £200,000 |
| Harvey Nash | 368 | £118,708 |
| Smartsourcing PLC | 356 | £54,054 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | 317 | £130,145 |
| PA Consulting Services Limited | 288 | £99,500 |
| Mills & Reeve LLP | 253 | £450,000 |
who buys it
by region
- London 8,052
- West Midlands 5,276
- South East 4,564
- South West 4,216
- Yorkshire and the Humber 4,032
- Scotland 4,000
- North West 3,924
- East of England 3,250
- North East 3,239
- East Midlands 3,134
- Wales 1,411
- Northern Ireland 941
over time
| year | contracts | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 816 | |
| 2016 | 3,710 | |
| 2017 | 3,670 | |
| 2018 | 4,184 | |
| 2019 | 5,117 | |
| 2020 | 4,939 | |
| 2021 | 8,915 | |
| 2022 | 10,515 | |
| 2023 | 10,952 | |
| 2024 | 10,597 | |
| 2025 | 7,386 | |
| 2026 | 5,402 |
latest business and professional services contracts
| contract | buyer | value | published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Engineer Framework STFC | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £3,333,333 ceiling | 11 Sept 2026 |
| Concession Contract for a New Major Music Festival | City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council | £2,500,000 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| GB-London: Three Rivers Local Evaluation Partner | Peabody Trust | £50,000 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| Consultancy plus contract R Reed | City of Doncaster Council | £41,297 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| PROVISION OF SECURITY GUARDING SERVICES AT THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION LUSAKA ZAMBIA | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | · | 11 Sept 2026 |
| Spiner247 | City of Doncaster Council | £60,000 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| Local SEND Reform Plan Support | City of Doncaster Council | £39,716 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| CA16559 - Spelthorne Business Growth Service | Spelthorne Borough Council | £50,850 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| The Provision of Court Transcription Services Lot 2 | Government Commercial Agency | £7,200,000 ceiling | 11 Sept 2026 |
| ITT For Project 10204142 | Innovate UK | £3,160 ceiling | 11 Sept 2026 |
| The Provision of Court Transcription Services Lot 1 | Government Commercial Agency | £2,200,000 ceiling | 11 Sept 2026 |
| ITT For Project 10205536 | Innovate UK | £4,345 ceiling | 11 Sept 2026 |
| ITT For Project 10203799 | Innovate UK | £3,120 ceiling | 11 Sept 2026 |
| ITT For Project 10206035 | Innovate UK | £2,400 ceiling | 11 Sept 2026 |
| NDC0089-26 - Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment | North Devon District Council | £60,000 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| ITT For Project 10202180 | Innovate UK | £2,850 ceiling | 11 Sept 2026 |
| ITT For Project 10205935 | Innovate UK | £2,400 ceiling | 11 Sept 2026 |
| ITT For Project 10204792 | Innovate UK | £2,400 ceiling | 11 Sept 2026 |
| GB-Darlington: TVCA-PROC-0917 - Legal Services - CRSTS Schemes | Tees Valley Combined Authority | £50,000 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| ITT For Project 10205342 | Innovate UK | £1,500 ceiling | 11 Sept 2026 |
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