Analysis services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 71620000·Services · class·in Architecture & Engineering
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 19 lots from 17 competitions run by 15 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 10 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3.5) and 9 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 125 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 11 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services91 notices · 39%71620000 Analysis services51 notices · 22%- Consultative engineering and construction services 1,569 · 12m
- Engineering-related scientific and technical services 328 · 12m
- Engineering design services 208 · 12m
- Technical inspection and testing services 165 · 12m
- Construction consultancy services 165 · 12m
- Architectural, engineering and planning services 132 · 12m
- Construction management services 113 · 12m
- Architectural design services 112 · 12m
- Miscellaneous engineering services 106 · 12m
- Engineering services 106 · 12m
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Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government34%(79 notices)
79 of 229 notices are Central government (34%).Other public bodies21%(48 notices)
48 of 229 notices are Other public bodies (21%).Local authorities19%(44 notices)
44 of 229 notices are Local authorities (19%).Education & universities3%(6 notices)
6 of 229 notices are Education & universities (3%).Housing associations2%(4 notices)
4 of 229 notices are Housing associations (2%).Not classified21%(48 notices)
48 of 229 notices are Not classified (21%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Cefas | not classified | 21 | 11 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Sellafield Limited | Other public bodies | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY LIMITED | not classified | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Transport for the North | Other public bodies | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| UK Fusion Energy Ltd | Other public bodies | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| ORE Catapult | Other public bodies | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| West Midlands Combined Authority | Local authorities | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Department for Business & Trade | Central government | 4 | 3 | 0 |
126 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 117 of 234 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| North West England | — | — | 0% | |
| South East England | — | 50% | 35% | |
| Greater London | — | 45% | 63% | |
| West Midlands | — | — | 16% | |
| South West England | — | — | 13% | |
| East of England | — | 21% | 0% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract94%(220 notices)
220 of 234 notices are Contract (94%).Framework6%(13 notices)
13 of 234 notices are Framework (6%).Dynamic purchasing system0%(1 notices)
1 of 234 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (0%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open32%(75 notices)
75 of 234 notices are Open (32%).Direct award26%(61 notices)
61 of 234 notices are Direct award (26%).Limited / restricted20%(46 notices)
46 of 234 notices are Limited / restricted (20%).Route not published15%(36 notices)
36 of 234 notices are Route not published (15%).Selective7%(16 notices)
16 of 234 notices are Selective (7%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold51%(21 notices)
21 of 41 notices are Above threshold (51%).Below threshold49%(20 notices)
20 of 41 notices are Below threshold (49%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (163) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid5%(1)
1 of 19 lots fall in 1 bid (5%).2–353%(10)
10 of 19 lots fall in 2–3 (53%).4–632%(6)
6 of 19 lots fall in 4–6 (32%).7 or more11%(2)
2 of 19 lots fall in 7 or more (11%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 19 lots from 17 competitions run by 15 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 10 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3.5) and 9 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
54 of 149 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 14 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
38 SME bids out of 71, on 17 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
35 of 92 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
2 of 163 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 172 awards to 151 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 10% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Bloom Procurement Services Ltd | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| RSM UK Consulting LLP | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Eurofins Forensic Services Limited | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Frontier Economics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ricardo AEA Ltd | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| SYSTRA Limited | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 58 of 234 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 7162. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.