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Authorising engineer contracts

UK public sector · 71 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
71
Last 12 months
Median contract
£33k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£4.3m
66 of 69 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
34
Suppliers
36

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most authorising engineer contracts took 31% of them (22 of 71).
  • The median contract, £33k, is 59% below the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).
  • London had the most contracts: 15, or 21% of the total.

Who buys authorising engineer

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Somerset NHS Foundation Trust6 contracts
  2. 2Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust6 contracts
  3. 3United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust4 contracts
  4. 4Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust4 contracts
  5. 5West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust4 contracts
  6. 6Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust4 contracts
  7. 7Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust3 contracts
  8. 8Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  9. 9Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  10. 10Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust3 contracts

Top authorising engineer contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Eta Projects Ltd5 contracts
  2. 2MPM Professional Engineering Services5 contracts
  3. 3DRLC Ltd4 contracts
  4. 4Tetra Tech4 contracts
  5. 5Hydrop4 contracts
  6. 6Cundall3 contracts
  7. 7Water Hygiene Centre3 contracts
  8. 8IOM Consulting Limited3 contracts
  9. 9Leviathan Consulting Limited3 contracts
  10. 10Tetra Consulting Limited3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

20Q4 2025*17Q1 202616Q2 202618Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 69 · Scotland 2

London15East Midlands11North West10East of England8South West8Yorkshire and The Humber7South East4North East1Scotland1UK-wide or not stated6

What is included

Independent authorising engineers appointed under NHS health technical memoranda and similar guidance to audit, advise on and assure a specialist estates discipline (fire, water, ventilation, lifts, HV/LV electrical, pressure systems, confined spaces or structural safety of RAAC), including audits of authorised persons and review of safety rules and permit-to-work procedures.

  • Authorising Engineer (Fire)
  • Authorising engineer (water, ventilation, lifts, electrical, pressure systems, confined spaces)
  • Authorising engineer support on RAAC projects
  • Audits of authorised persons
  • Review of safety rules and permit-to-work procedures
  • Other HTM authorising engineer disciplines when bought as advisory appointments

What is not included

  • Building Safety Act dutyholder support (see Building Safety Act compliance consultancy)
  • M&E design (see Building services engineering)
  • Lift consultancy outside an authorising engineer appointment (see Lift and vertical transportation consultancy)
  • Structural engineering design (see Structural engineering)
  • Fire engineering design (see Fire engineering)
  • General health and safety advice (see Health and safety consultancy)
  • Legionella risk assessments, water hygiene and statutory inspections and testing (see Construction & Trades)

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