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Industrial painting tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
241 industrial painting tenders and contracts, 49 this year.
Updated 4 November 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
- Awarded a month£190k
- Contracts a month1.9
- Won by SMEs73%
Industrial painting contracts
Tap a region to see its contracts. Pick as many as you like.
45 contracts across the UK, of any size
Recently awarded
The latest industrial painting contracts awarded
- Awarded15 Sep 2026NCC202600187 - Repaint A48 LG Footbridge No:3418Newport City Council · WalesWon by UK Mae Solutions£130k
- Awarded30 Jul 2026T0422 - CM115 South Stack Lighthouse PaintingTrinity House · WalesWon by Ian Williams Limited£106k
- Awarded30 Jul 2026T0422 - CM116 Flatholm Lighthouse PaintingTrinity House · WalesWon by Ian Williams Limited£77k
- Awarded30 Jul 2026T0422 - CM117 Berry Head Lighthouse PaintingTrinity House · South WestWon by Bell Group£26k
- Awarded29 Jul 2026Provision of Paint for the RSS James CookNational Oceanography Centre · South WestWon by AkzoNobel£56k
- Awarded28 Jul 2026EBCT 422 Decorating Of Rusted Areas Of The Main Roof Steels at VPLCErewash Borough Council · East MidlandsWon by Steelcraft Fabrications Ltd£40k
- Awarded23 Jun 2026Maintenance and Redecoration of Rumble Rock LighthouseNorthern Lighthouse Board · ScotlandWon by Accted£76k
- Awarded12 Jun 2026Repainting of Steelworks at DCBL StadiumHalton Borough Council · North WestWon by Warden Construction£315k
- Awarded11 Jun 2026Supply of Paints and Coatings (Contract)Sellafield Ltd · Yorkshire and the HumberWon by PPG Architectural Coatings£165k
- Awarded2 Jun 2026Fulwood Bridge PaintingVia East Midlands Limited · East MidlandsWon by Bagnalls£100k
- Awarded28 May 2026General Bridge Painting March 2026Via East Midlands Limited · East MidlandsWon by Bagnalls£145k
- Awarded22 May 2026NCC1528 Woodhorn Heapstead Restoration WorksNorthumberland County Council · North EastWon by Compass Developments NE Limited
- Awarded20 May 2026Croydon RC Steel Frame & External RemedialsHM Revenue & Customs · LondonWon by Baxall Construction
- Awarded8 Apr 2026A975 Waterside Bridge Paint Repairs Phase 2 Re-tenderAberdeenshire Council · ScotlandWon by Moray Blast Ltd£505k
- Awarded30 Mar 20266 No Trial Plate/SamplesSellafield Ltd · North WestWon by Solway Blast Cleaning Ltd£67k
- Awarded19 Mar 2026CM76 - Round Island Lighthouse PaintingTrinity House · South WestWon by Bell Group£51k
- Awarded17 Mar 2026CM75 Casquets Lighthouse PaintingTrinity House · LondonWon by Ian Williams Limited£90k
- Awarded27 Feb 2026Provision of Paint for RSS DiscoveryNational Oceanography Centre · South EastWon by AkzoNobel£66k
- Awarded16 Feb 2026Midland Metro Limited - Tram Stop Painting RequirementsWest Midlands Combined Authority · West MidlandsWon by Bell Group£240k
- Awarded13 Feb 2026Marischal College Car Park – Resurfacing of Existing Car Park & Remedial Work to Steelwork Coating (8493)Aberdeen City Council · ScotlandWon by Anderson Specialist Contracting
- Awarded13 Feb 2026Minor refurbishment of Gamhna GighaNorthern Lighthouse Board · ScotlandWon by Accted
- Awarded5 Feb 2026Maintenance Work On Sterte ChannelBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · South WestWon by Suttle Projects£493k
- Awarded3 Feb 2026T0422 - CM77 Bamburgh Lighthouse PaintingTrinity House · North EastWon by Maintenance Painting Systems£22k
- Awarded23 Jan 2026Minor Refurbishment of Dubh Sgeir (Castlebay), Rubha Glas Front, Rubha Glas Rear, and Sgeir LiathNorthern Lighthouse Board · ScotlandWon by TRAC Engineering Limited£90k
- Awarded21 Nov 2025REFURBISHMENT OF LOCH INDAAL LIGHTHOUSENorthern Lighthouse Board · ScotlandWon by Dart Industrial Services Ltd£60k
- Awarded4 Nov 2025North Harrow Station Bridge Cleaning and Refurbishment WorksLondon Borough of Harrow · LondonWon by CC Infrastructure Services£96k
- Awarded22 Sep 2025L2066 East Garforth Footbridge Repainting 2025Leeds City Council · Yorkshire and the HumberWon by Coating Services Ltd£199k
- Awarded19 Sep 2025A417 Missing Link - Structures Surface CoatingsKier Transportation · South WestWon by VolkerLaser Ltd£525k
- Awarded4 Sep 2025Maintenance Works to Masts and Towers 2025 (defects identified in 2024)Maritime and Coastguard Agency · South EastWon by Pendrich Height Services Ltd£97k
- Awarded18 Aug 20253.093 GREY’S FOOTBRIDGE REPAINTING SCHEMECity of Doncaster Council · Yorkshire and the HumberWon by C R Reynolds Limited£179k
Where to bid
Where industrial painting tenders are run
Delta eSourcing3 33%
Proactis3 33%- CompeteFor1 11%
Open (NEPO)1 11%
The Chest1 11%
Tenders published in the last year that name the bid portal they run on.
Ian Williams Limited won the most industrial painting contracts
Paintel Limited won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
Transport and utilitiesCouncilsEducationCentral government
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Williams Limited Wales · SME · See every contract | 4 | £273k | 1 | ||
| 2joint | Bagnalls East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 3 | £324k | 2 | ||
| 2joint | Bell Group South West · SME · See every contract | 3 | £317k | 2 | ||
| 2joint | AkzoNobel South West · SME · See every contract | 3 | £136k | 2 | ||
| 5joint | Dart Industrial Services Ltd East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 2 | £854k | 2 | ||
| 5joint | Coating Services Ltd Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 2 | £287k | 1 | ||
| 5joint | Accted Scotland · SME · See every contract | 2 | £76k | 1 | ||
| 5joint | Maintenance Painting Systems North East · SME · See every contract | 2 | £22k | 1 | ||
| 9joint | Paintel Limited South West · SME · See every contract | 1 | £7.4m | 1 | ||
| 9joint | VolkerLaser Ltd South West · See every contract | 1 | £525k | 1 |
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Who buys
Transport and utility bodies award 49% of industrial painting contracts
Councils buy the bigger jobs, at a median of £140k against £84k. Contracts with a published value in the last 2 years, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
6 buyers bought industrial painting more than once in the last 2 years
Each dot is a buyer, by how many industrial painting contracts it awarded in the last 2 years.
See who they are and when they usually buy →
Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many industrial painting contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
Transport and utilitiesCouncilsEducationCentral government
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinity House | 11 | £1.1m |
| 2 | Northern Lighthouse Board | 4 | £225k |
| 3 | Via East Midlands Limited | 3 | £1m |
| 4 | Leeds City Council | 2 | £287k |
| 5 | Sellafield Ltd | 2 | £232k |
| 6 | National Oceanography Centre | 2 | £122k |
| 7 | Cornwall Council | 1 | £7.4m |
| 8 | Kier Transportation | 1 | £525k |
| 9 | Aberdeenshire Council | 1 | £505k |
| 10 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | 1 | £493k |
127 industrial painting contracts awarded since 2021
- 152021
- 222022
- 222023
- 232024
- 212025
- 242026 so far
Prices
Half of industrial painting contracts are worth less than £96k
Transport and utilitiesCouncilsEducationCentral government
The 10 biggest industrial painting contracts
- Cornwall CouncilPaintel Limited, Underhill Engineering (UK) Ltd · 5 Aug 2025
- Via East Midlands LimitedDart Industrial Services Ltd · 9 Jun 2025
- Kier TransportationVolkerLaser Ltd · 19 Sep 2025
- Aberdeenshire CouncilMoray Blast Ltd · 8 Apr 2026
- Trinity HouseIan Williams Limited, Maintenance Painting Systems, REDS Group · 24 Jun 2025
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole CouncilSuttle Projects · 5 Feb 2026
- Halton Borough CouncilWarden Construction · 12 Jun 2026
- West Midlands Combined AuthorityBell Group · 16 Feb 2026
- Leeds City CouncilCoating Services Ltd · 22 Sep 2025
- City of Doncaster CouncilC R Reynolds Limited · 18 Aug 2025
Renewing contracts
1 industrial painting contract comes up for renewal in the next 12 months
Most industrial painting work is one-off: 25% of the contracts ending are recurring terms that get re-let. The 1 ending soonest is shown in full.
Where and when
June and July are the busiest months
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
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The regions as a table
| Region | Open now | Contracts | Value | Typical contract | Won the most | Bought the most | Renewing in 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South West | 0 | 7 | £8.5m | £56k | Bell Group and AkzoNobel (2 each) | Trinity House (2) | 0 |
| Scotland | 0 | 7 | £879k | £90k | Accted (2) | Northern Lighthouse Board (4) | 0 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 6 | £1.3m | £120k | Bagnalls (3) | Via East Midlands Limited (3) | 0 |
| London | 0 | 6 | £374k | £84k | – | Trinity House (4) | 0 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 0 | 4 | £630k | £172k | Coating Services Ltd (2) | Leeds City Council (2) | 1 |
| North East | 0 | 3 | £136k | – | – | – | 0 |
| South East | 0 | 3 | £260k | £97k | – | – | 0 |
| Wales | 0 | 3 | £313k | £106k | Ian Williams Limited (2) | Trinity House (2) | 0 |
| North West | 0 | 2 | £381k | – | – | – | 0 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 2 | £284k | – | – | – | 0 |
| East of England | 0 | 0 | Not published | – | – | – | 0 |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | Not published | – | – | – | 0 |
Often bought with industrial painting
Related services
Key findings
- £190k a month
of industrial painting contracts awarded.
Typical contract £90k x 2.1 contracts a month, last 12 months. - 1.9
industrial painting contracts are awarded in a typical month.
45 contracts in the last 2 years. - 73%
of industrial painting contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 44 award notices.
How many industrial painting tenders and contracts are there?
| Since November 2021 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|
| Notices published | 241 | 49 |
| Contracts awarded | 114 | 26 |
9 industrial painting contracts and frameworks end in the next 12 months, 1 of them recurring services. In the last two years, 27 buyers awarded industrial painting contracts to 35 suppliers.
Source: Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI, to 4 November 2026. By Seamus White. How we count
Questions
How many industrial painting contracts does the UK public sector award?
45 in the 2 years to 4 November 2026, from 27 public buyers.
How long are industrial painting tenders open for?
The median industrial painting tender is open for 30 days from publication to deadline.
How much is a typical public sector industrial painting contract worth?
The median is £96k, and 83% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector industrial painting contracts?
Ian Williams Limited won the most (4). Paintel Limited won the most by value (£7.4m).
Which buyers award the most industrial painting contracts?
Transport and utility bodies award 49% of them.
How many industrial painting contracts come up for renewal in the next 12 months?
1 contract ends and is likely to be re-let, the first on 10 June 2027. Another 3 ending are one-off work.
What is included
Surface preparation and protective coating of steel and exposed structures such as bridges, parapets and marine structures.
- Structural steelwork painting
- Anti-corrosion coating systems
- Redecoration of exposed marine structures with protective coatings
- Supply of marine paint and coating systems for buoys, vessels and offshore structures
What is not included
- Building painting and decorating (see Painting and decorating)
- Bridge structural repairs (see Bridges and highway structures)
- Concrete repair and cathodic protection (see Concrete repair and cathodic protection)