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Feasibility study contracts

UK public sector · 80 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
80
Last 12 months
Median contract
£59k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£8.8m
76 of 78 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
63
Suppliers
73

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

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most feasibility study contracts took 13% of them (10 of 80).
  • The median contract, £59k, is 26% below the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).
  • Department of Health and Social Care awarded 8% of the feasibility study contracts (6 of 80).

Who buys feasibility study

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

  1. 1Department of Health and Social Care6 contracts
  2. 2UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS)3 contracts
  3. 3Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs3 contracts
  4. 4Homes England3 contracts
  5. 5ORBIT GROUP LIMITED2 contracts
  6. 6Zero Waste Scotland Ltd2 contracts
  7. 7Leicester City Council2 contracts
  8. 8Portsmouth City Council2 contracts
  9. 9North Northamptonshire Council2 contracts
  10. 10Scottish Prison Service2 contracts

Top feasibility study contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Lumensol3 contracts
  2. 2Yorkshire Water Limited3 contracts
  3. 3Deloitte2 contracts
  4. 4Plexal1 contract
  5. 5Bloom Procurement Services1 contract
  6. 6Raytheon UK1 contract
  7. 7Severn Trent Water Limited1 contract
  8. 8Anglian Water1 contract
  9. 9Institute for Manufacturing1 contract
  10. 10Mason Advisory Limited1 contract

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

27Q4 2025*21Q1 202614Q2 202616Q3 20262Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 71 · Scotland 7 · Wales 2

London15South East9East Midlands8South West6West Midlands5North East4North West4Scotland4Yorkshire and The Humber3Wales2UK-wide or not stated20

What is included

Studies that test whether a proposed service, venture, delivery model or initiative is viable and compare options before commitment, where no specialist feasibility service applies.

  • Feasibility studies for services and initiatives
  • Costed options appraisals with a preferred option
  • Options appraisals for new finance or delivery models
  • Service delivery model and insourcing options appraisals
  • Service relocation and accommodation options studies without a design brief

What is not included

  • Building or site design feasibility (see Architectural design)
  • Engineering feasibility of utility and gas infrastructure (see Power and utility network engineering)
  • Transport scheme feasibility (see Transport appraisal)
  • Culture and visitor venue feasibility (see Tourism, culture and heritage business planning)
  • Sport and leisure centre feasibility and options (see Sport and leisure facility strategy, options and operator procurement advice)
  • Energy, heat network and generation feasibility (see Local area energy planning)
  • Nuclear generation siting (see Nuclear engineering)
  • Target operating model design and transformation (see Change management)
  • Full Green Book business cases (see Business case development (Green Book))

Often bought by the same buyers