Service market

Building controls contracts

UK public sector · 121 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
121
Last 12 months
Median contract
£72k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£26.3m
116 of 117 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
94
Suppliers
69

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most building controls contracts took 32% of them (39 of 121).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 14% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £72k, is 48% below the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • North East had the most contracts: 15, or 12% of the total.

Who buys building controls

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

  1. 1UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)5 contracts
  2. 2The Christie NHS Foundation Trust4 contracts
  3. 3NHS Property Services Limited3 contracts
  4. 4Capital City College Group3 contracts
  5. 5CITY HOSPITALS INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED3 contracts
  6. 6NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde2 contracts
  7. 7Glasgow Clyde College2 contracts
  8. 8Somerset NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts
  9. 9Warwickshire Police2 contracts
  10. 10Gloucestershire Hospitals Subsidiary Company Limited2 contracts

Top building controls contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Schneider Electric19 contracts
  2. 2Kendra Energy Solutions7 contracts
  3. 3SSE Energy Solutions5 contracts
  4. 4Honeywell4 contracts
  5. 5Powell Systems4 contracts
  6. 6Optimised Group3 contracts
  7. 7Sauter Automation Limited3 contracts
  8. 8Dalkia3 contracts
  9. 9Westminster Controls Limited3 contracts
  10. 10E.ON Energy Solutions2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

23Q4 2025*37Q1 202628Q2 202632Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 106 · Scotland 8 · Wales 7

North East15London15South East15South West15North West12West Midlands9East of England9Wales7Scotland7Yorkshire and The Humber4East Midlands4UK-wide or not stated9

What is included

Building management systems that monitor and control heating, ventilation, electrical, water and lighting plant, including their software upgrades, replacements and maintenance.

  • BMS maintenance (Trend)
  • BMS software upgrades and cloud-connected replacements
  • Lighting management systems (Zumtobel)
  • Open-protocol intelligent building management across an estate

What is not included

  • Maintenance planning and FM helpdesk software -> it.estates.cafm-asset-maintenance
  • Industrial process control, SCADA and site telemetry -> it.estates.industrial-control-systems
  • BIM models -> it.estates.construction-and-bim-information-management
  • Occupancy and people-counting sensors -> it.data.footfall-and-space-occupancy-analytics
  • Fire alarm, intruder and access control systems -> not IT (physical security)

Often bought by the same buyers