Business broadband contracts
UK public sector · 79 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
- 79
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £78k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £26.6m
- 66 of 72 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 65
- Suppliers
- 39
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See which ones
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What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most business broadband contracts took 39% of them (31 of 79).
- Contracts awarded per quarter held steady across the period.
- The median contract, £78k, is 29% below the median across it & software contracts (£110k).
Who buys business broadband
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Cantium Business Solutions5 contracts£6.0m
- 2Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office4 contracts£473k
- 3UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)3 contracts£58k
- 4Academy Transformation Trust2 contracts£2.0m
- 5Northumbria Police2 contracts£611k
- 6Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Care Inspectorate)2 contracts£316k
- 7Home Office2 contracts£96k
- 8MHS Homes Group2 contracts£41k
- 9HOUSING 211 contract£4.9m
- 10Bristol City Council1 contract£2.9m
Top business broadband contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1BT12 contracts£1.1m
- 2Virgin Media Business6 contracts£793k
- 3Coconnect Ltd5 contracts—
- 4Vodafone4 contracts£528k
- 5Jisc4 contracts£399k
- 6Virgin Media O23 contracts£264k
- 7Wavenet3 contracts£125k
- 8Wave 93 contracts—
- 9Wifinity Ltd2 contracts£5.3m
- 10Talk Straight2 contracts£3.0m
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
Lichfield District Council to Staffordshire County Council · Awarded 18 September 2026
Bolsover District Council to Syntura · Awarded 16 September 2026
West Yorkshire Combined Authority to Vodafone · Awarded 28 August 2026
East Suffolk Council to BT · Awarded 27 August 2026
Northumbria Police to BT · Awarded 25 August 2026
MHS Homes Group to Wavenet · Awarded 24 August 2026
Northern Ireland Assembly to System Crew (Switzerland) GmbH · Awarded 20 August 2026
Home Office to KCOM · Awarded 10 August 2026
Ofgem to Commsworld Ltd · Awarded 4 August 2026
Wolverhampton City Council to Exponential-e · Awarded 1 August 2026
Largest
HOUSING 21 to Wifinity Ltd · Awarded 13 July 2026
Cantium Business Solutions to Coconnect Ltd and WAVE 9 MANAGED SERVICES LIMITED · Awarded 30 June 2026
Cantium Business Solutions to Coconnect Ltd and WAVE 9 MANAGED SERVICES LIMITED · Awarded 30 June 2026
Bristol City Council to Talk Straight · Awarded 6 October 2025
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to Onecom · Awarded 20 May 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 74 · Scotland 3 · Northern Ireland 1 · Wales 1
What is included
A connection from a buyer's site to the public internet, such as dedicated Ethernet internet access, leased-line internet or business broadband.
- Dedicated internet access (DIA) and Ethernet internet circuits
- Managed internet services
- Business broadband for offices and remote sites
- Internet for overseas posts
- Internet provided to tenants of council premises
- Broadband lots on telecoms frameworks
What is not included
- Private links between own sites -> it.tel.wide-area-network
- Wi-Fi for visitors or the public -> it.tel.public-and-guest-wifi
- Satellite internet -> it.tel.satellite-communications
- Mobile data SIMs -> it.tel.mobile-voice-and-data
- Subsidised gigabit build -> it.tel.gigabit-broadband-build