Event management 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
- £80k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £35.0m
- 68 of 74 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 54
- Suppliers
- 76
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See which ones
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What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most event management contracts took 14% of them (11 of 79).
- The median contract, £80k, is 16% above the median across marketing & creative contracts (£69k).
- London had the most contracts: 28, or 35% of the total.
Who buys event management
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1British Council11 contracts£1.8m
- 2UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)5 contracts£311k
- 3Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)3 contracts£1.7m
- 4Home Office3 contracts£360k
- 5City of London Corporation3 contracts£196k
- 6Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government2 contracts£146k
- 7Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2 contracts£117k
- 8West Midlands Growth Company Limited2 contracts£88k
- 9Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office2 contracts£72k
- 10Department for Education2 contracts£11k
Top event management contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Total Politics3 contracts£2.8m
- 2Calder Conferences2 contracts£1.2m
- 3One Two Agency Ltd2 contracts£568k
- 4Cazbah Limited2 contracts£113k
- 5Olly Services S.r.l2 contracts£17k
- 6ADS Group2 contracts—
- 7Identity Global Ltd1 contract£12.0m
- 8EVENT-FUL CONSULTANCY LTD1 contract£6.0m
- 9Strata Creative Communications Limited1 contract£2.0m
- 10KPMG1 contract£1.6m
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
Department for Education to The Royal Society · Awarded 30 September 2026
Satellite Applications Catapult to Space-Comm Ltd · Awarded 24 September 2026
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to supplier not published · Awarded 22 September 2026
Value not published
The National Library of Wales to DERYNCOCH CYF · Awarded 16 September 2026
British Council to Bonum Factum LLC · Awarded 16 September 2026
City of London Corporation to Emma Whitton · Awarded 7 September 2026
British Council to Brain Wave Advertising and Communication Public Procurement Organisation Number and REVA Solutions · Awarded 7 September 2026
Department for Business and Trade to Identity Global Ltd · Awarded 4 September 2026
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to KPMG · Awarded 3 September 2026
Value not published
Estyn to Cazbah Limited · Awarded 26 August 2026
Largest
Invest Northern Ireland to EVENT-FUL CONSULTANCY LTD · Awarded 8 July 2026
Highways England to Strata Creative Communications Limited · Awarded 5 December 2025
Government Commercial Agency to Total Politics · Awarded 26 January 2026
Money and Pensions Service to REED IN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED · Awarded 17 November 2025
HM Treasury to Calder Conferences · Awarded 5 March 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 67 · Wales 6 · Northern Ireland 3 · Scotland 3
What is included
An event management agency that plans and delivers conferences, business and stakeholder events, launches, staff roadshows, hybrid events, awards ceremonies, graduations and ceremonial occasions, managing venues, delegates, running order, logistics and suppliers on the day.
- Conference organisation and delegate management
- Business, stakeholder and ministerial events
- Staff conferences and roadshows
- Hybrid and physical event delivery
- Event logistics and on-the-day management
- Event support for campaigns and programmes
- Awards ceremonies and staff awards
- Graduation ceremony delivery
- National and state ceremonial occasions
- Organising exhibitions, fairs and expos as the event owner
What is not included
- Outdoor public events and festivals (mkt.events.outdoor-event-and-festival-production)
- Trade missions and in-market overseas trade events (mkt.events.trade-missions-and-overseas-trade-events)
- Exhibition stand build (mkt.events.exhibition-stand-design-and-build)
- Buying stand space at another organiser's show (mkt.events.trade-show-exhibition-space)
- Staging, seating and marquee hire (mkt.events.staging-marquees-and-temporary-event-infrastructure)
- Ceremony special effects (mkt.events.fireworks-and-special-effects)
- Public-facing campaign roadshows and brand ambassadors (mkt.camp.experiential-marketing)
- Ceremony photography sold to attendees (mkt.video.graduation-and-ceremony-photography)
- Venue hire and day delegate packages (another industry: cat.accom.conference-venue-and-meeting-room-hire)
- Venue finding (another industry: trn.travel.venue-finding-and-booking-services)
- Event catering (another industry: cat.event.conference-and-event-catering)
- Event AV crews and streaming (another industry: it.av.event-av-production)
- Webinar and virtual event platforms (another industry: it.ent.webinar-virtual-events)
- Facilitated consultation events that gather views (another industry: csl.research.public-consultation-engagement)