Office-support services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 79500000Services · classin Business Services & Consultancy

Open now4open for bids now · see them in the search
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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.

Notices, last 12 months85 contracting authorities · 34 in the catalogue
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical contract value£124,283middle value of 14 contract awards, net · not frameworks
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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 14 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.

Published values, not actual spend.

Last 36 months.

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys
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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

Buyer type
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.

Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.

  • Local authorities45%(14 notices)
    14 of 31 notices are Local authorities (45%).
  • Central government19%(6 notices)
    6 of 31 notices are Central government (19%).
  • Other public bodies16%(5 notices)
    5 of 31 notices are Other public bodies (16%).
  • Education & universities10%(3 notices)
    3 of 31 notices are Education & universities (10%).
  • NHS & health6%(2 notices)
    2 of 31 notices are NHS & health (6%).
  • Not classified3%(1 notices)
    1 of 31 notices are Not classified (3%).
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
VIVID Housing LtdOther public bodies300
Mid Devon District CouncilLocal authorities220
NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARDNHS & health200
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation TrustCentral government200
Wandle Housing Association LimitedHousing associations220
York St John UniversityEducation & universities220
Big Life SchoolsEducation & universities100
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole CouncilLocal authorities100
British CouncilLocal authorities100
East Lothian CouncilLocal authorities100

27 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered
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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 29 of 34 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
South West England7 · 24%———
North West England5 · 17%———
Yorkshire and the Humber5 · 17%———
South East England5 · 17%———
Greater London5 · 17%———
West Midlands4 · 14%———
East of England4 · 14%———
East Midlands3 · 10%———
Scotland3 · 10%———
North East England2 · 7%———

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought
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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

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract88%(30 notices)
    30 of 34 notices are Contract (88%).
  • Framework12%(4 notices)
    4 of 34 notices are Framework (12%).
Procedure route
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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%(13 notices)
    13 of 34 notices are Open (38%).
  • Route not published24%(8 notices)
    8 of 34 notices are Route not published (24%).
  • Limited / restricted18%(6 notices)
    6 of 34 notices are Limited / restricted (18%).
  • Direct award12%(4 notices)
    4 of 34 notices are Direct award (12%).
  • Selective9%(3 notices)
    3 of 34 notices are Selective (9%).
Threshold
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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 threshold25%(1 notices)
    1 of 4 notices are Above threshold (25%).
  • Below threshold75%(3 notices)
    3 of 4 notices are Below threshold (75%).

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (17) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Contract value, net
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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.

p25 £69,746middle value £124,283p75 £429,401
interquartile range of 14 awards · p90 £741,757
Competed
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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.

4 of 14 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 3 more give no procedure and are left out.

Last 36 months.

29%robust · n=14
Awards won by SMEs
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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.

7 of 11 awards where the winner declared its size.

Last 36 months.

64%robust · n=11
Won locally
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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.

Last 36 months.

54%robust · n=13winner registered in the delivery region

Who wins
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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 · 22 awards to 21 suppliers

Where to submit
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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 · 13 of 34 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract4 notices · 31%
Delta eSourcing2 notices · 15%
JAGGAER / BravoSolution2 notices · 15%
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 7950. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 22 Sept 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.