CDM principal designer contracts
UK public sector · 95 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
- 95
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £41k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £6.1m
- 45 of 46 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 78
- Suppliers
- 77
20 CDM principal designer 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 CDM principal designer contracts took 15% of them (14 of 95).
- The median contract, £41k, is 48% below the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).
- London had the most contracts: 13, or 14% of the total.
Who buys CDM principal designer
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd3 contracts—
- 2Environment Agency2 contracts£347k
- 3Oxford City Council2 contracts£206k
- 4Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts£139k
- 5United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust2 contracts£74k
- 6Derry City and Strabane District Council2 contracts£31k
- 7Durham County Council2 contracts£30k
- 8Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust2 contracts£30k
- 9Met Office2 contracts£28k
- 10NHS Property Services Limited2 contracts—
Top CDM principal designer contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Identity Consult Limited4 contracts£54k
- 2Ridge and Partners LLP3 contracts£65k
- 3Kendall Kingscott Limited3 contracts—
- 4Arcus Consulting LLP2 contracts£929k
- 5WSP2 contracts£318k
- 6AtkinsRéalis2 contracts£199k
- 7Buro Happold2 contracts£100k
- 8Building Design Partnership (BDP)2 contracts£37k
- 9Drees & Sommer2 contracts£11k
- 10Arup2 contracts£10k
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
Value not published
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership to Kendall Kingscott Limited · Awarded 30 September 2026
Medway NHS Foundation Trust to Stace LLP · Awarded 24 September 2026
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to Drees & Sommer · Awarded 18 September 2026
Lea Valley Bridge Repairs CDM Principal Designer Appointment (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£84k
London Borough of Enfield to AtkinsRéalis · Awarded 15 September 2026
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust to Ridge and Partners LLP · Awarded 24 August 2026
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust to Ingleton Wood LLP · Awarded 20 August 2026
Oxford City Council to Jessop and Cook Architects · Awarded 13 August 2026
Perth & Kinross Council to Brownriggs · Awarded 13 August 2026
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult to Realise Energy Services · Awarded 30 July 2026
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service to Identity Consult Limited · Awarded 29 July 2026
Largest
Peabody to Philip Pank Partnership LLP · Awarded 14 May 2026
Nuclear Restoration Services to C&D Demolition Consultants · Awarded 10 June 2026
West Lancashire Borough Council to Arcus Consulting LLP · Awarded 15 February 2026
Sellafield Ltd to Amentum Clean Energy · Awarded 17 February 2026
Environment Agency to WSP · Awarded 6 May 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 79 · Scotland 12 · Northern Ireland 2 · Wales 2
What is included
Principal designer duties under CDM 2015 and CDM client advisory support on construction, refurbishment, repairs and highway schemes.
- CDM principal designer appointments
- CDM adviser to the client
- CDM health and safety services on new build schemes
- Principal designer on repairs and maintenance contracts
What is not included
- Building regulations principal designer and Building Safety Act dutyholder support (see Building Safety Act compliance consultancy)
- Workplace health and safety advice (see Health and safety consultancy)
- Architect or lead designer role (see Architectural design)