Publishing services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 79970000·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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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 29 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
79970000 Publishing services43 notices · 75%79971000 Bookbinding and finishing services3 notices · 5%79971200 Bookbinding services3 notices · 5%- 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
- All of Business Services & Consultancy →
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 government46%(26 notices)
26 of 57 notices are Central government (46%).Other public bodies11%(6 notices)
6 of 57 notices are Other public bodies (11%).Education & universities7%(4 notices)
4 of 57 notices are Education & universities (7%).Local authorities5%(3 notices)
3 of 57 notices are Local authorities (5%).Not classified32%(18 notices)
18 of 57 notices are Not classified (32%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| The Lord Chancellor | not classified | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| MHRA | Central government | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Ministry of Justice | Central government | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency | Central government | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency | Central government | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| British Library | not classified | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | Central government | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Financial Conduct Authority | Other public bodies | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| National Highways Limited | Central government | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| The National Archives | Central government | 2 | 0 | 0 |
31 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 19 of 57 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 | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| 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.
Contract88%(50 notices)
50 of 57 notices are Contract (88%).Framework12%(7 notices)
7 of 57 notices are Framework (12%).
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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.
Limited / restricted37%(21 notices)
21 of 57 notices are Limited / restricted (37%).Open30%(17 notices)
17 of 57 notices are Open (30%).Route not published19%(11 notices)
11 of 57 notices are Route not published (19%).Direct award12%(7 notices)
7 of 57 notices are Direct award (12%).Selective2%(1 notices)
1 of 57 notices are Selective (2%).
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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 threshold75%(6 notices)
6 of 8 notices are Above threshold (75%).Below threshold25%(2 notices)
2 of 8 notices are Below threshold (25%).
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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 (36) · 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 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.
6 of 33 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 3 more give no procedure and are left out.
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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.
9 of 26 awards where the winner declared its size.
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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.
0 of 36 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 · 38 awards to 23 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 45% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| The Stationery Office | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Jisc Services Ltd | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITED | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Connect Publications (Scotland) Ltd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Electronic Immigration Network | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Maritime Insights & Intelligence Limited | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Relx (UK) Limited t/a LexisNexis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| VLEX JUSTIS LIMITED | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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 · 15 of 57 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 7997. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 6 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.