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AV installation contracts

UK public sector · 73 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
73
Last 12 months
Median contract
£99k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£16.6m
69 of 71 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
60
Suppliers
39

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most AV installation contracts took 26% of them (19 of 73).
  • The median contract, £99k, is close to the median across it & software contracts (£110k).
  • Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust awarded 5% of the AV installation contracts (4 of 73).

Who buys AV installation

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

  1. 1Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust4 contracts
  2. 2Satellite Applications Catapult3 contracts
  3. 3Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire3 contracts
  4. 4St Helens Borough Council2 contracts
  5. 5Fife Council2 contracts
  6. 6University of Brighton2 contracts
  7. 7London Borough of Havering2 contracts
  8. 8National Oceanography Centre2 contracts
  9. 9Derbyshire County Council2 contracts
  10. 10Ministry of Defence1 contract

Top AV installation contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1GVAV5 contracts
  2. 2VP-AV Limited4 contracts
  3. 3Involve visual Collaboration Ltd4 contracts
  4. 4Cinos3 contracts
  5. 5Auditel Rental and Service Limited3 contracts
  6. 6Harp Visual Communications Limited3 contracts
  7. 7Insight3 contracts
  8. 8Public-i3 contracts
  9. 9Roche Audio Visual2 contracts
  10. 10PROAV LIMITED2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

17Q4 2025*23Q1 202616Q2 202617Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 63 · Scotland 8 · Northern Ireland 1 · Wales 1

London10Yorkshire and The Humber9South East8East of England7Scotland6East Midlands5North East4North West4South West4West Midlands2Wales1Northern Ireland1UK-wide or not stated12

What is included

Design, supply, installation, upgrade and maintenance of installed audio-visual systems in meeting rooms, boardrooms, council chambers, lecture theatres and teaching rooms. The buyer gets a working room system: displays or projection, room audio, lecterns, control and hybrid-meeting kit.

  • Boardroom and meeting room AV fit-out
  • Lecture theatre and teaching room AV
  • Teaching lecterns
  • AV refresh, refurbishment and upgrades of existing rooms
  • Decommissioning and recommissioning of installed AV
  • Council chamber hybrid meeting AV
  • Repair and maintenance of installed room AV

What is not included

  • Video conferencing endpoints and Teams Rooms kits bought without a room fit-out -> it.av.video-conferencing-equipment
  • Interactive touchscreen panels and smart boards bought as products -> it.av.interactive-displays
  • Staffed AV technicians and event production -> it.av.event-av-production
  • Museum gallery and exhibition AV -> it.av.museum-exhibition-av
  • Crematorium music, tributes and webcasting -> it.av.crematorium-media-webcasting
  • AV equipment where the use is not stated -> it.av.av-equipment-unspecified
  • Meeting and collaboration software licences -> another family: telephony and unified communications (tel)

Often bought by the same buyers