Collection agency services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 79940000·Services · class·in Business Services & Consultancy
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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 8 lots from 8 competitions run by 7 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5.5) and 2 from older notices (bids received, middle 5.5).
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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 24 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Newest open tenders
2 of 2 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Debt Collection | United Utilities Water Limited | 29 Dec 2026 | 64d | £43,554,267 ceiling |
| Managed Debt Collection Services | Government Commercial Agency | 27 Nov 2026 | 32d | £650,000,000 ceiling |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
79940000 Collection agency services78 notices · 87%79941000 Toll-collection services2 notices · 2%- Business and management consultancy services 1,062 · 12m
- Advertising and marketing services 570 · 12m
- Recruitment services 551 · 12m
- Market research services 479 · 12m
- Subscription services 421 · 12m
- Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services 407 · 12m
- Security services 389 · 12m
- Miscellaneous business-related services 388 · 12m
- Business and management consultancy and related services 340 · 12m
- Accounting and auditing services 340 · 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.
Local authorities44%(40 notices)
40 of 90 notices are Local authorities (44%).Central government27%(24 notices)
24 of 90 notices are Central government (27%).Other public bodies18%(16 notices)
16 of 90 notices are Other public bodies (18%).Housing associations2%(2 notices)
2 of 90 notices are Housing associations (2%).Charities1%(1 notices)
1 of 90 notices are Charities (1%).Not classified8%(7 notices)
7 of 90 notices are Not classified (8%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Student Loans Company | Central government | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Leeds City Council | Local authorities | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| United Utilities Water Limited | Other public bodies | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Leicester City Council | Local authorities | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED | not classified | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Places for People on behalf of PfP & Anchor Hanover Group | Other public bodies | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | Local authorities | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Anglian Water Services | Other public bodies | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council | Local authorities | 2 | 2 | 0 |
57 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 51 of 90 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 | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| 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.
Contract77%(69 notices)
69 of 90 notices are Contract (77%).Framework22%(20 notices)
20 of 90 notices are Framework (22%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(1 notices)
1 of 90 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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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.
Open44%(40 notices)
40 of 90 notices are Open (44%).Route not published27%(24 notices)
24 of 90 notices are Route not published (27%).Selective16%(14 notices)
14 of 90 notices are Selective (16%).Limited / restricted8%(7 notices)
7 of 90 notices are Limited / restricted (8%).Direct award6%(5 notices)
5 of 90 notices are Direct award (6%).
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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 threshold74%(26 notices)
26 of 35 notices are Above threshold (74%).Below threshold26%(9 notices)
9 of 35 notices are Below threshold (26%).
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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 (34) · 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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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 8 lots from 8 competitions run by 7 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5.5) and 2 from older notices (bids received, middle 5.5).
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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.
19 of 30 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 4 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.
15 SME bids out of 44, on 8 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.
10 of 20 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.
1 of 34 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 · 75 awards to 41 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 39% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Scott & Co (Scotland) LLP | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| MARSTON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Newlyn PLC | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Bristow & Sutor | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| UK Search Limited | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| PASTDUE CREDIT SOLUTIONS LIMITED | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Advantis Credit Limited | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| George Walker & Co. T/A Walker Love | 2 | 3 | 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 · 42 of 90 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in collection agency services
2 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Managed Debt Collection Services | Government Commercial Agency | 27 Nov 2026 | 32d | £650,000,000 ceiling |
| Debt Collection | United Utilities Water Limited | 29 Dec 2026 | 64d | £43,554,267 ceiling |
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 7994. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 22 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.