Building materials contracts
UK public sector · 76 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
- 76
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £400k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £378m
- 73 of 75 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 52
- Suppliers
- 42
9 building materials contracts ending in the next 12 months
See which ones
BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned
What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most building materials contracts took 43% of them (33 of 76).
- The median contract, £400k, is 2.9 times the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
- Yorkshire and The Humber had the most contracts: 17, or 22% of the total.
Who buys building materials
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council10 contracts£21.5m
- 2North Ayrshire Council4 contracts£4.7m
- 3Chesterfield Borough Council3 contracts£4.5m
- 4Great Yarmouth Borough Council3 contracts£110k
- 5Caerphilly County Borough Council2 contracts£150m
- 6Bernicia Group2 contracts£600k
- 7Mid Devon District Council2 contracts£350k
- 8Uttlesford District Council2 contracts£200k
- 9West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service2 contracts£110k
- 10Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire2 contracts£62k
Top building materials contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Travis Perkins13 contracts£112m
- 2Huws Gray8 contracts£95.8m
- 3STARK Building Materials UK Ltd6 contracts£50.1m
- 4Premier Forest Products Ltd4 contracts£555k
- 5Jewson3 contracts£2.0m
- 6Eurocell Building Plastics3 contracts£486k
- 7Total Hardware2 contracts£11.5m
- 8MGM Timber2 contracts£600k
- 9Allmand-Smith Group2 contracts£109k
- 10Stark Building UK T/A Jewson2 contracts£85k
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service to Premier Forest Products Ltd · Awarded 28 August 2026
Fife Council to SIG and STARK Building Materials UK Ltd · Awarded 21 August 2026
Leeds City Council - PACS to CAE ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE LTD · Awarded 20 August 2026
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council to Total Hardware · Awarded 11 August 2026
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council to GMR HARDWARE LIMITED · Awarded 11 August 2026
KINGSTOWN WORKS LIMITED to Eurocell Building Plastics, Flair Office supplies, MKM Building Supplies, Nicholls & Clarke and Procare Shower and Bathroom Centre Limited · Awarded 7 August 2026
Peaks & Plains Housing Trust to STARK Building Materials UK Ltd · Awarded 6 August 2026
BD Management Services Ltd to Travis Perkins · Awarded 6 August 2026
Mid Devon District Council to United Fixings Ltd · Awarded 1 August 2026
Great Yarmouth Borough Council to Stark Building UK T/A Jewson · Awarded 20 July 2026
Largest
Caerphilly County Borough Council to Huws Gray · Awarded 29 January 2026
Caerphilly County Borough Council to Robert Price · Awarded 24 April 2026
Southampton City Council to Travis Perkins · Awarded 1 March 2026
Swindon Borough Council to STARK Building Materials UK Ltd · Awarded 29 May 2026
Reading Borough Council to Travis Perkins · Awarded 10 November 2025
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 65 · Scotland 9 · Wales 2
What is included
Supply and delivery of general building materials, timber, ironmongery, fixings, sealants, tiles, paint and sundries to in-house repairs and maintenance teams, including depot stores, van stock and managed store services.
- General building materials
- Timber and sheet materials
- Ironmongery
- Fastenings and fixings
- Sealants, adhesives and floor and wall tiles
- Paint and cement products
- UPVC items
- Bagged building materials
- Managed stores and van stock services
- Materials contracts for repairs teams that include equipment hire
- Public-sector catalogue building supplies
What is not included
- Plumbing, heating and bathroom products (see Plumbing, heating and bathroom materials supply)
- Electrical materials (see Electrical wholesale supply)
- Aggregates, asphalt, concrete and precast highway products (see Aggregates, asphalt and concrete supply)
- Hand and power tools (see Tools and equipment supply)
- Tenant decorating vouchers (see Tenant decorating voucher schemes)
- Products specific to one service (fire doors, boilers, street lighting columns): that service in its own family