Bristol City Council
Bristol City Council has 4,358 recorded procurements on the official UK sources, awarding a recorded £3.8bn to 986 suppliers over the last five years, led by health and social work services (CPV 85000000). The median recorded contract is £149k and 2% of awards ran through a framework or DPS. 4 competitions are open for bids today and 432 recorded contracts end within the next 12 months.Recorded by BidSkim from published notices. Recorded means published, every figure is a floor. Updated 26 Aug 2026.
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open to join or applyWho wins this work, by value
top suppliers by recorded value · 5 yearsWho wins the most contracts
top suppliers by number of recorded wins · 5 yearsWhat they buy, by CPV code
recorded procurements per code · all years| CPV | Description | Contracts | Recorded value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85000000 | Health and social work services | 1,948 | £315m |
| 45000000 | Construction work | 436 | £326m |
| 85300000 | Social work and related services | 362 | £61.3m |
| 80000000 | Education and training services | 340 | £55.4m |
| 85100000 | Health services | 198 | £41.6m |
| 60112000 | Public road transport services | 143 | £19.1m |
| 60140000 | Non-scheduled passenger transport | 142 | £19.1m |
| 71000000 | Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services | 141 | £37.6m |
| 60120000 | Taxi services | 141 | £19.1m |
| 60170000 | Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver | 140 | £19.1m |
A contract carrying several codes counts under each. Values are floors.
Awarded contracts by year
recorded awards per year| Recorded value | £6.8m | £360m | £489m | £3.6bn | £433m | £1.4bn | £123m |
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Bristol City Council procurement, answered
computed from this buyer's noticesWho supplies Bristol City Council?
986 suppliers hold recorded awards from this buyer over five years. The largest by recorded value are Ameresco, Restaurant Associates, Lorne Stewart; by number of contracts, Constellia and Ruskin Mill Trust lead. 65 suppliers won their first recorded contract here in the last 12 months.
What does Bristol City Council buy?
Its recorded procurement concentrates in health and social work services, construction work, social work and related services (CPV 85000000, 45000000, 85300000). The median recorded contract is £149k.
How many Bristol City Council contracts are coming up for renewal?
432 of its recorded contracts carry an end date within the next 12 months, worth a combined £261m where a value was published. With a free account you can set an alert on this buyer; predicted re-tender windows are part of BidSkim Predict.
How do I win work from Bristol City Council?
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Buyer snapshot
26 Aug 2026- Region
- Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
- Recorded procurements
- 4,358
- Recorded value
- £3.8bn
- Median contract
- £149k
- Average contract
- £1.7m
- Via framework or DPS, 5y
- 2%
- Awarded, 90 days
- 104
- Ending within 12 months
- 432
- Publishes on
- CF · FTS
Competitive read
how open this buyer is986 distinct suppliers hold recorded awards over five years; the top five take 66% of recorded value. 65 suppliers won their first recorded contract here in the last 12 months, so the door is not closed to new entrants.
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About this data. Built from 4,358 recorded procurements on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, entity-resolved by BidSkim. Framework and DPS establishment notices are excluded from open-opportunity counts, and value totals exclude framework ceilings and implausible outliers. Unpublished call-offs are invisible to notice data, so every figure is a floor. Last updated 26 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.