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Commercial advisory services contracts

UK public sector · 75 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
75
Last 12 months
Median contract
£104k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£37.4m
69 of 73 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
48
Suppliers
59

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most commercial advisory services contracts took 20% of them (15 of 75).
  • The median contract, £104k, is 30% above the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).
  • London had the most contracts: 17, or 23% of the total.

Who buys commercial advisory services

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

  1. 1Highways England7 contracts
  2. 2West Midlands Combined Authority6 contracts
  3. 3BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL3 contracts
  4. 4Government Property Agency3 contracts
  5. 5Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust3 contracts
  6. 6Ministry of Defence2 contracts
  7. 7Transport for London2 contracts
  8. 8NHS England2 contracts
  9. 9Dacorum Borough Council2 contracts
  10. 10West Yorkshire Combined Authority2 contracts

Top commercial advisory services contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Waterman4 contracts
  2. 2AtkinsRéalis3 contracts
  3. 3Investigo3 contracts
  4. 4Arcadis3 contracts
  5. 5Hunter Healthcare3 contracts
  6. 6Matchtech3 contracts
  7. 7Mace Consult2 contracts
  8. 8Mott MacDonald2 contracts
  9. 9Cantidad Limited2 contracts
  10. 10Echelon Consultancy2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

17Q4 2025*22Q1 202619Q2 202617Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 72 · Wales 2 · Scotland 1

London17West Midlands14East of England9Yorkshire and The Humber7North West4East Midlands4North East3South West3Wales2South East1Scotland1UK-wide or not stated10

What is included

Commercial advisers who support negotiations, contract management, variations, service transitions and exit on the buyer's major contracts, programmes and business models, including managing, varying and ending PFI, PPP and concession contracts and their hand-back.

  • Commercial support to a major programme
  • Commercial adviser to a council
  • Commercial transition support
  • Franchise termination fee advice
  • Commercial and investment structuring advice
  • Schools PFI contract management
  • PFI commercial advisory
  • Concession hand-back and transfer of operational responsibility

What is not included

  • Running a tender or setting procurement strategy (see Procurement consultancy and tender support)
  • Financial adviser on a project's affordability and financeability (see Corporate finance, project finance and transaction advice)
  • Construction cost and commercial management (see Quantity surveying)
  • Condition surveys at hand-back (see Building condition survey)
  • Income generation from the buyer's own assets (see Strategy development)
  • Legal advice on contracts, including PFI (see Legal)
  • Technology contracts (see it software (it.advice.technology procurement commercial))

Often bought by the same buyers