Architecture & Engineering: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 71000000·Services · division·29 classes with notices·Official label: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
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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 1,116 lots from 966 competitions run by 522 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 572 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 544 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
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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 3,798 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 559 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 262 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| NDC0129-26 - Heanton Embankments Study | North Devon District Council | 20 Nov 2026 | 25d | £78,000 |
| CM141 - Bathymetry & Topographic Surveys - Smalls, Eddystone and Les Hanois Lighthouses | Corporation of Trinity House | 13 Nov 2026 | 19d | £90,000 |
| OPA T835 Seismic Monitoring Plumley, Cheshire. | Oil and Pipelines Agency | 23 Nov 2026 | 28d | £300,000 |
What architecture & engineering covers
Official CPV label: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · editorial summary
Architectural, engineering, surveying and technical consultancy for public capital programmes across the UK, from design and BIM to building and structural safety work.
Typical requirements: Architectural Design · Structural & Civil Engineering Consultancy · Quantity Surveying · Environmental Impact Assessment · Building Inspection & Testing.
Sub-sectors of architecture & engineering
29 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 9,192 of 10,546 notices in this division carry a class-level code
Show 2 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Industrial inspection services71730000 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | |
Composition and purity testing and analysis services71610000 | 0 | 12 | 2 | — |
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.
Local authorities40%(4,050 notices)
4,050 of 10,253 notices are Local authorities (40%).Central government22%(2,284 notices)
2,284 of 10,253 notices are Central government (22%).Other public bodies17%(1,784 notices)
1,784 of 10,253 notices are Other public bodies (17%).Education & universities6%(571 notices)
571 of 10,253 notices are Education & universities (6%).Housing associations3%(294 notices)
294 of 10,253 notices are Housing associations (3%).Not classified12%(1,270 notices)
1,270 of 10,253 notices are Not classified (12%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 178 | 87 | 1 |
| The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London | Local authorities | 143 | 91 | 3 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 133 | 19 | 2 |
| London Borough of Haringey | Local authorities | 110 | 40 | 1 |
| Nuclear Restoration Services Limited | Other public bodies | 99 | 70 | 1 |
| NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | Central government | 81 | 20 | 2 |
| West Midlands Combined Authority | Local authorities | 79 | 37 | 0 |
| UK Fusion Energy Ltd | Other public bodies | 66 | 44 | 0 |
| Peabody Trust Ltd | Other public bodies | 62 | 24 | 0 |
| National Highways Limited | Central government | 61 | 35 | 0 |
1,773 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 7,302 of 10,546 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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| Greater London | 5 | 58% | 40% | |
| South East England | 6 | 62% | 27% | |
| North West England | 5 | 60% | 30% | |
| East of England | 7 | 62% | 19% | |
| South West England | 6 | 62% | 27% | |
| East Midlands | 8 | 61% | 19% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 6 | 61% | 19% | |
| West Midlands | 6 | 60% | 13% | |
| Scotland | 5 | 71% | 70% | |
| North East England | 5 | 57% | 17% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 5 | 67% | 50% | |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 81% | 74% |
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.
Contract83%(8,769 notices)
8,769 of 10,546 notices are Contract (83%).Framework15%(1,615 notices)
1,615 of 10,546 notices are Framework (15%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(162 notices)
162 of 10,546 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
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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.
Open38%(3,988 notices)
3,988 of 10,546 notices are Open (38%).Route not published16%(1,719 notices)
1,719 of 10,546 notices are Route not published (16%).Limited / restricted16%(1,708 notices)
1,708 of 10,546 notices are Limited / restricted (16%).Direct award15%(1,599 notices)
1,599 of 10,546 notices are Direct award (15%).Selective15%(1,532 notices)
1,532 of 10,546 notices are Selective (15%).
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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 threshold62%(1,314 notices)
1,314 of 2,110 notices are Above threshold (62%).Below threshold38%(796 notices)
796 of 2,110 notices are Below threshold (38%).
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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 (5,854) · 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 bid12%(139)
139 of 1,116 lots fall in 1 bid (12%).2–323%(253)
253 of 1,116 lots fall in 2–3 (23%).4–629%(328)
328 of 1,116 lots fall in 4–6 (29%).7 or more35%(396)
396 of 1,116 lots fall in 7 or more (35%).
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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 1,116 lots from 966 competitions run by 522 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 572 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 544 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
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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.
2,408 of 5,373 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 481 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.
4,259 SME bids out of 6,018, on 941 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.
1,680 of 2,978 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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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 738 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
132 of 5,854 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 740 lots from 288 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
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 · 9,626 awards to 4,540 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 5% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| AECOM LIMITED | 96 | 115 | 28 | 78 |
| WSP UK Limited | 95 | 105 | 30 | 71 |
| OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED | 73 | 82 | 43 | 56 |
| RIDGE AND PARTNERS LLP | 68 | 83 | 25 | 50 |
| Mott MacDonald | 62 | 72 | 17 | 49 |
| Atkins Limited | 61 | 77 | 20 | 43 |
| Turner & Townsend Project Management Limited | 59 | 61 | 31 | 30 |
| BAILY GARNER LLP | 37 | 40 | 14 | 27 |
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 · 3,556 of 10,546 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in architecture & engineering
262 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
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 71, on the tender or any of its lots. 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.