Construction consultancy services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 71530000·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 38 lots from 35 competitions run by 24 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 22 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3.5) and 16 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 159 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 23 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 24 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Provision of Project Management & Cost Consultant Services | Bedford College | 10 Nov 2026 | 15d | £700,000 |
| Dover Town Centre Regeneration Programme - Lead Consultant Team | Dover District Council | 6 Nov 2026 | 11d | £500,000 |
| Architectural Consultant Services | University of Dundee | 30 Oct 2026 | 4d | £1,000,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
71530000 Construction consultancy services307 notices · 71%- 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
- 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
- Architectural and related services 104 · 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%(180 notices)
180 of 410 notices are Local authorities (44%).Other public bodies19%(76 notices)
76 of 410 notices are Other public bodies (19%).Central government17%(69 notices)
69 of 410 notices are Central government (17%).Education & universities9%(36 notices)
36 of 410 notices are Education & universities (9%).Housing associations4%(18 notices)
18 of 410 notices are Housing associations (4%).Not classified8%(31 notices)
31 of 410 notices are Not classified (8%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London | Local authorities | 25 | 13 | 1 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC | Other public bodies | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| London Borough of Camden | Local authorities | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Plymouth Community Homes | Other public bodies | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation | Education & universities | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Cardiff Council | Central government | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| City of London Corporation | Local authorities | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Cardiff University | Education & universities | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Clarion Housing Property Development Service Limited | Other public bodies | 5 | 5 | 0 |
244 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 327 of 430 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 | 74% | 41% | |
| South East England | 8 | 60% | 23% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 4 | 36% | 50% | |
| East of England | 13 | 67% | 21% | |
| North West England | — | 64% | 31% | |
| East Midlands | — | 55% | 0% | |
| West Midlands | — | 55% | 12% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | 55% | 22% | |
| South West England | — | 50% | 37% | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | 58% | 5% | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
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.
Contract72%(309 notices)
309 of 430 notices are Contract (72%).Framework23%(99 notices)
99 of 430 notices are Framework (23%).Dynamic purchasing system5%(22 notices)
22 of 430 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (5%).
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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.
Open31%(135 notices)
135 of 430 notices are Open (31%).Limited / restricted21%(90 notices)
90 of 430 notices are Limited / restricted (21%).Selective19%(83 notices)
83 of 430 notices are Selective (19%).Direct award15%(64 notices)
64 of 430 notices are Direct award (15%).Route not published13%(58 notices)
58 of 430 notices are Route not published (13%).
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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 threshold84%(61 notices)
61 of 73 notices are Above threshold (84%).Below threshold16%(12 notices)
12 of 73 notices are Below threshold (16%).
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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 (233) · 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 bid11%(4)
4 of 38 lots fall in 1 bid (11%).2–326%(10)
10 of 38 lots fall in 2–3 (26%).4–621%(8)
8 of 38 lots fall in 4–6 (21%).7 or more42%(16)
16 of 38 lots fall in 7 or more (42%).
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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 38 lots from 35 competitions run by 24 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 22 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3.5) and 16 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.
76 of 216 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 17 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.
174 SME bids out of 254, on 35 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.
83 of 143 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 24 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.
2 of 233 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 67 lots from 21 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 · 471 awards to 297 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 13% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| RIDGE AND PARTNERS LLP | 14 | 19 | 3 | 8 |
| AECOM LIMITED | 11 | 17 | 0 | 8 |
| BAILY GARNER LLP | 9 | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| Potter Raper Ltd | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| MGAC LLP | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Turner & Townsend Project Management Limited | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| CURRIE and BROWN UK LIMITED | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Rider Levett Bucknall Ltd | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
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 · 129 of 430 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in construction consultancy services
24 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Avondale Square Estate External Works & Electrical Upgrades (Phases A & B) Multidisciplinary Consultancy Services | The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London | 27 Oct 2026 | 1d | £700,000 |
| Architectural Consultant Services | University of Dundee | 30 Oct 2026 | 4d | £1,000,000 |
| Dover Town Centre Regeneration Programme - Lead Consultant Team | Dover District Council | 6 Nov 2026 | 11d | £500,000 |
| Provision of Project Management & Cost Consultant Services | Bedford College | 10 Nov 2026 | 15d | £700,000 |
| Professional Consultancy Services DPS | Telford and Wrekin Council | 27 Oct 2028 | 732d | £13,950,000 ceiling |
| Greenwich Professional Services Consultancy Dynamic Purchasing System | University of Greenwich | 31 Jan 2029 | 828d | £10,000,000 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 7153. 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.