Council CCTV tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
63 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
Council CCTV contracts ,
63 contracts across the UK, of any size
The latest council CCTV contracts awarded
GB-Basildon: Supply, Design & Installation of CCTV and Associated Equipment
PR 41 2025 Exeter City Council CCTV Installation and Maintenance
W788 - CCTV Maintenance Agreement 2026
Blackheath CCTV Hardware
Ocular Integration Limited won the most council CCTV contracts
Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ocular Integration Limited North West · SME · See every contract | 7 | £3.1m | 7 | ||
| 2 | CHROMA VISION LIMITED London · SME · See every contract | 4 | £3m | 4 | ||
| 3joint | Specialist Security Consultants Ltd East Midlands · See every contract | 3 | £2.6m | 1 | ||
| 3joint | Select Electrics Limited South West · SME · See every contract | 3 | £2.3m | 3 | ||
| 3joint | North PB Ltd Scotland · See every contract | 3 | £1.2m | 3 | ||
| 6joint | NetView Systems Ltd North West · SME · See every contract | 2 | £2m | 1 | ||
| 6joint | Baydale Control Systems Limited North East · SME · See every contract | 2 | £1.2m | 2 | ||
| 6joint | Gough and Kelly Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 2 | £932k | 1 | ||
| 6joint | DSSL Group East of England · See every contract | 2 | £868k | 2 | ||
| 6joint | Tyco Integrated Fire & Security West Midlands · See every contract | 2 | £601k | 2 |
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Councils award 92% of council CCTV contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
8 buyers bought council CCTV more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many council CCTV contracts it awarded in the last 24 months.
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Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many council CCTV contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bassetlaw District Council | 3 | £2.6m |
| 2 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | 3 | £680k |
| 3 | Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 2 | £2m |
| 4 | Sheffield City Council | 2 | £932k |
| 5 | Argyll and Bute Council | 2 | £323k |
| 6 | Cheshire East Council | 2 | £181k |
| 7 | East Suffolk Council | 2 | £106k |
| 8 | West Midlands Combined Authority | 2 | Not published |
| 9 | Liverpool City Council | 1 | £6.5m |
| 10 | London Borough of Croydon | 1 | £2.6m |
Half of council CCTV contracts are worth less than £216k
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
The 10 biggest contracts hold 68% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- Liverpool City CouncilSiemens · 13 Mar 2025
- London Borough of CroydonCHROMA VISION LIMITED · 14 Mar 2025
- Bassetlaw District CouncilSpecialist Security Consultants Ltd · 12 May 2026
- Blackburn with Darwen Borough CouncilNetView Systems Ltd · 30 Jan 2026
- Exeter City CouncilSelect Electrics Limited · 6 Aug 2026
- Warrington Borough CouncilOcular Integration Limited · 13 Apr 2026
- Peterborough City CouncilOcular Integration Limited · 14 Nov 2024
- London Borough of Tower HamletsRelovision Ltd · 31 Mar 2026
- Buckinghamshire CouncilDSSL Group · 2 Jan 2025
- Southend-on-Sea City CouncilTaylor Woodrow · 17 Feb 2025
The East Midlands awards the most council CCTV contracts
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
See the regions as a table
| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 8 | £2.8m |
| South West | 7 | £2.9m |
| West Midlands | 6 | £523k |
| East of England | 6 | £1.2m |
| North West | 5 | £1.3m |
| London | 5 | £4.5m |
| South East | 4 | £440k |
| Scotland | 4 | £1.1m |
| North East | 3 | £1.2m |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 3 | £1.1m |
| Wales | 2 | £589k |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | Not published |
Half of council CCTV tenders close within 34 days of being published
Each dot is a council CCTV tender published across the UK in the last 24 months, by how many days it was open. 23% closed within a month. Spot one a week late and 21% of the time to respond has gone.
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- 34 days
is how long the typical council CCTV tender is open, from publication to deadline.
Median of 26 UK council CCTV tenders published in the last 24 months. - 1
new council CCTV tenders are published across the UK in a typical month.
30 in the last 24 months. - 68%
of the money is in the 10 biggest council CCTV contracts.
Of 55 contracts with a published value. - 61%
of council CCTV contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 49 award notices.
Questions
How many council CCTV contracts does the UK public sector award?
63 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 53 public buyers.
How long are council CCTV tenders open for?
The median council CCTV tender is open for 34 days from publication to deadline.
How much is a typical public sector council CCTV contract worth?
The median is £216k, and 53% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector council CCTV contracts?
Ocular Integration Limited won the most (7).
Which buyers award the most council CCTV contracts?
Councils award 92% of them.
What is included
Town centre, street, park and public car park CCTV networks run by councils and community safety partnerships: survey, design, camera supply and installation, analogue-to-IP upgrades, expansion and term maintenance, together with the links and equipment that feed the public space control room.
- Town centre and street camera networks
- PTZ camera replacement and HD/IP upgrades
- Whole-system renewals covering cameras, transmission and control room together
- Term maintenance, repairs and 24-hour call-out on public space systems
- Public car park, park and bus stop cameras on the council network
- Fixed and redeployable cameras maintained as part of the public space network
What is not included
- CCTV at the buyer's offices, depots, schools, hospitals and housing blocks -> sec.cctv.building-site-cctv
- Control room equipment, recording or VMS bought on its own -> sec.cctv.video-management-control-room
- Transmission links bought on their own -> sec.cctv.cctv-transmission-networks
- Redeployable hotspot cameras -> sec.cctv.redeployable-covert-cameras
- Staffing the control room -> sec.monitor.cctv-control-room-operation
- Compliance audits of the scheme -> sec.advice.cctv-and-security-system-audits
- Urban traffic control cameras -> it.lob.traffic-signals-and-its
- Public Wi-Fi on the same columns -> it.tel.public-and-guest-wifi
- Speed, red-light, bus lane and moving traffic cameras -> another industry: transport-logistics