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Building control software contracts

UK public sector · 99 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
99
Last 12 months
Median contract
£138k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£25.5m
97 of 99 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
80
Suppliers
26

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most building control software contracts took 62% of them (61 of 99).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter rose 35% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £138k, is 26% above the median across it & software contracts (£110k).
  • South East had the most contracts: 17, or 17% of the total.

Who buys building control software

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

  1. 1Luton Borough Council3 contracts
  2. 2Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council3 contracts
  3. 3Halton Borough Council3 contracts
  4. 4Southampton City Council3 contracts
  5. 5Westminster City Council2 contracts
  6. 6East Suffolk Council2 contracts
  7. 7Leicester City Council2 contracts
  8. 8Dover District Council2 contracts
  9. 9DELT SHARED SERVICES LIMITED2 contracts
  10. 10Bath & North East Somerset Council2 contracts

Top building control software contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Idox28 contracts
  2. 2Exacom Systems Ltd13 contracts
  3. 3Civica8 contracts
  4. 4Arcus Global limited7 contracts
  5. 5NEC Software Solutions5 contracts
  6. 6DEF Software Limited5 contracts
  7. 7Resolution Data Management4 contracts
  8. 8RHE Global3 contracts
  9. 9Verna Earth Solutions3 contracts
  10. 10Insight2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

20Q4 2025*26Q1 202617Q2 202635Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 92 · Scotland 4 · Wales 2 · Northern Ireland 1

South East17East of England16North East10East Midlands9North West8Yorkshire and The Humber8London7South West5Scotland3West Midlands2Wales2Northern Ireland1UK-wide or not stated11

What is included

Council back-office systems for development management, building control, land charges and regulatory services (environmental health, trading standards, licensing, noise, port health), plus outsourced planning validation.

  • Planning and building control system
  • Land charges and gazetteer-linked modules
  • Planning application validation and payment processing service
  • Community protection / environmental health / trading standards case management
  • Noise complaint case management
  • Port health import control database
  • Fire safety records management
  • Building safety levy collection

What is not included

  • Plan-making and land availability tools -> it.lob.local-plan-and-land-availability
  • Address gazetteer software -> it.lob.address-gazetteer-management
  • Highways permits -> it.lob.highways-asset-management
  • Fire and rescue service prevention and protection systems -> it.lob.fire-prevention-protection
  • Anti-social behaviour and community safety case management -> it.lob.community-safety-case-management