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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See which ones
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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.
- 1UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)5 contracts£622k
- 2The Christie NHS Foundation Trust4 contracts£126k
- 3NHS Property Services Limited3 contracts£7.8m
- 4Capital City College Group3 contracts£1.5m
- 5CITY HOSPITALS INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED3 contracts£178k
- 6NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde2 contracts£1.1m
- 7Glasgow Clyde College2 contracts£799k
- 8Somerset NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts£414k
- 9Warwickshire Police2 contracts£388k
- 10Gloucestershire Hospitals Subsidiary Company Limited2 contracts£330k
Top building controls contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Schneider Electric19 contracts£2.8m
- 2Kendra Energy Solutions7 contracts£1.5m
- 3SSE Energy Solutions5 contracts£1.1m
- 4Honeywell4 contracts£535k
- 5Powell Systems4 contracts£274k
- 6Optimised Group3 contracts£1.5m
- 7Sauter Automation Limited3 contracts£809k
- 8Dalkia3 contracts£479k
- 9Westminster Controls Limited3 contracts£148k
- 10E.ON Energy Solutions2 contracts£7.7m
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust to Powell Systems · Awarded 1 October 2026
Historic Environment Scotland to supplier not published · Awarded 28 September 2026
London Borough of Hackney to Siemsatec Ltd · Awarded 25 September 2026
Wiltshire Council to Powell Systems · Awarded 21 September 2026
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust to Schneider Electric · Awarded 21 September 2026
City and County of Swansea to PARKS ELECTRICAL & SECURITY LTD · Awarded 21 September 2026
BANK OF ENGLAND to Sauter Automation Limited · Awarded 17 September 2026
Gloucestershire Hospitals Subsidiary Company Limited to Sauter Automation Limited · Awarded 14 September 2026
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust to Schneider Electric · Awarded 10 September 2026
University of St Andrews to SSE Energy Solutions · Awarded 7 September 2026
Largest
NHS Property Services Limited to E.ON Energy Solutions · Awarded 23 October 2025
First Greater Western Limited to EPX Global · Awarded 19 February 2026
University of Leicester to Kendra Energy Solutions · Awarded 3 July 2026
University of Sunderland to Schneider Electric · Awarded 15 December 2025
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust to Energy Efficient Solutions Group · Awarded 5 February 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 106 · Scotland 8 · Wales 7
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)